Sorority
Genevieve Sly Crane
May 2018 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not.
Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s addictive literary novel about sorority life, female friendship, and coming of age on a college campus—a voyeuristic look inside the secrets, rivalries, and loyalties that shape life in a sorority house.
Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that bind sisters together in a sacred promise of loyalty. Certain polished images come to mind when people think of sororities. But behind the doors of this house, the reality of Greek life is far more complicated.
In this sharp and unflinching portrait of college sisterhood, Genevieve Sly Crane reveals the hidden tensions, power dynamics, and emotional struggles simmering beneath the surface of sorority life. These women are not simply sharing late-night confidences—they are navigating jealousy, ambition, family expectations, and self-destructive choices that threaten to fracture their carefully constructed world.
At the center of the story is Margot, the sorority sister whose death casts a shadow over the entire house. Each chapter unfolds through the voices of the women who surrounded her, revealing their grief, guilt, secrets, and shifting loyalties as they grapple with what happened.
With elegant, observant prose and a keen eye for character, Crane explores the fragile bonds of female friendship and the pressures facing young women in a culture obsessed with perfection. Beneath the glittering surface of college life lie deeper questions about identity, belonging, and the price of acceptance. Woven throughout the novel are subtle echoes of classical mythology, reminding us that power, rivalry, and destruction have always shaped the lives of women—even among the modern sisterhood of Greek life.
Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s addictive literary novel about sorority life, female friendship, and coming of age on a college campus—a voyeuristic look inside the secrets, rivalries, and loyalties that shape life in a sorority house.
Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that bind sisters together in a sacred promise of loyalty. Certain polished images come to mind when people think of sororities. But behind the doors of this house, the reality of Greek life is far more complicated.
In this sharp and unflinching portrait of college sisterhood, Genevieve Sly Crane reveals the hidden tensions, power dynamics, and emotional struggles simmering beneath the surface of sorority life. These women are not simply sharing late-night confidences—they are navigating jealousy, ambition, family expectations, and self-destructive choices that threaten to fracture their carefully constructed world.
At the center of the story is Margot, the sorority sister whose death casts a shadow over the entire house. Each chapter unfolds through the voices of the women who surrounded her, revealing their grief, guilt, secrets, and shifting loyalties as they grapple with what happened.
With elegant, observant prose and a keen eye for character, Crane explores the fragile bonds of female friendship and the pressures facing young women in a culture obsessed with perfection. Beneath the glittering surface of college life lie deeper questions about identity, belonging, and the price of acceptance. Woven throughout the novel are subtle echoes of classical mythology, reminding us that power, rivalry, and destruction have always shaped the lives of women—even among the modern sisterhood of Greek life.
Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not.
Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s addictive literary novel about sorority life, female friendship, and coming of age on a college campus—a voyeuristic look inside the secrets, rivalries, and loyalties that shape life in a...
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Becky Baldridge
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April 29, 2018
Sorority is more a collection of short stories than a full-length novel. The story starts with an introduction of sorts to each girl, or sister, in the the sorority, and from there we get a story from each of them. From the blurb, I expected a bit of suspense surrounding Margot's death and I suppose there is some question about whether or not it's suicide, but primarily, the book covers some part of each young lady's life, either right before, during, or after college. Having never been in a sorority, I would hope that this representation would be the extreme as every one of the sisters has some issue - some worse than others and some evoking more sympathy than others. I do have to say that I didn't find any of the characters particularly likable, which played a large part in the book being a middle of the road read for me. I did keep reading, thinking that maybe there would be some big revelation in the end, but this really isn't one of those books that gives the reader that type of closure. The author is talented and I would check out more of her work, but this one left me straddling the fence, so to speak.
Sonia XiR
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May 6, 2019
First time reading this author and I have to say while the plot was promising, the layout of the story just threw everything out of whack for me. I feel she should have stuck to fewer points of view or at least tell each story from beginning to end.
About the author
Genevieve Sly Crane was the Pledge Mistress of her own sorority. She graduated from Stony Brook University with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature in 2013. Her work has appeared in The Southampton Review and American Short Fiction. Her story “Endings, Bright and Ugly” was a finalist in the 2017 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. She teaches in the Department of English at Monroe College.
Genevieve Sly Crane was the Pledge Mistress of her own sorority. She graduated from Stony Brook University with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature in 2013. Her work has appeared in The Southampton Review and American Short Fiction. Her story “Endings, Bright and Ugly” was a finalist in th...
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