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The Lightness: A Novel

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"A teen thriller in the vein of the '90s horror movie The Craft .
. . A beautiful meditation on
meditation . . . Frequently hilarious, and thoughtful throughout."
-The New York Times Book Review


"The Lightness could be the love child of Donna Tartt and Tana French, but its savage, glittering magic is all Emily Temple's own." -Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists

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