Sweet Fury

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A major upmarket thriller launch- a famous film actress starts therapy to prepare for a new role, triggering a cat-and-mouse game of obsession and revenge. Famous film star Lila Crayne is America's Sweetheart- she's generous and kind, gorgeous and magnetic. A golden girl. She and her fiance, visionary filmmaker Kurt Royall, have settled into a stunning New York apartment, and are embarking on a new movie- a modern feminist adaptation of a classic twentieth-century novel. To prepare for the leading role, Lila begins work with charming and accomplished therapist Jonah Gabriel to dig into the trauma of her past. Soon, Lila's impeccably manicured life begins to unravel on the therapy couch - and Jonah is just the man to pick up the pieces. But everyone has a secret, no one is quite who they seem, and before long, careers, reputations and lives are in danger of being irrevocably destroyed . . .

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Wildly imaginative, very dark . . . filled with surprises, unpredictable in its denouement, this audacious first novel is a subversive and highly entertaining exploration of the theme of romance itself * Joyce Carol Oates, author of BUTCHER *
With her powerful, sensuous prose, Sash Bischoff electrifies in her stunning debut novel. The story sweeps us into the intoxicating world of movies and magic, seduction and betrayal, exploring how we construct our own histories, and how fragile our realities really are. Sweet Fury is the book youve been waiting to read, the one that will make you fall in love and keep you guessing right up until the final pages. The novel asks if we can ever truly know each other, and how love can destroy as much as it creates. Like a fist inside a velvet glove, Sweet Fury delivers a tender punch. * Blair Hurley, author of MINOR PROPHETS *
With its audacious, shape-shifting plot and dazzling characters, Sweet Fury is an irresistible novel, always one step ahead of the reader. I love what it reveals about contemporary mores, about our love of cinema and the way we still too often judge women as either heroines or victims. A gorgeous debut. * Margot Livesey, author of THE BOY IN THE FIELD *
A whirlwind of a debut, Sweet Fury is arch yet artfulan ecstatic, ekphrastic, high/low re-examination of F. Scott Fitzgerald's darkest romance, set in the roaring 2020s. * Rachel Lyon, author of SELF-PORTRAIT WITH BOY and FRUIT OF THE DEAD *
A beguiling tale of abuse and ambition . . . Bischoff reveals one surprising secret after another, all the way until the bombshell final twist. Its an inspired first outing * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Sash Bischoff is a writer and director. She attended Princeton University, where she trained under Jeffrey Eugenides and Joyce Carol Oates, won Princeton's Creative Writing Fiction Award, and founded the Princeton Writers Group. She has written numerous plays that have been developed at theatres throughout the US, and has held residencies at Ragdale, PLAYA, the Albee Foundation, Caldera, and Sirenland Writers Workshop. As a director, she has worked on Broadway and Off. She grew up as an actor, and won the National Arts Award (NFAA) for Acting. She currently lives in New York with her husband and their many pets.