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A beautifully crafted narrative that deftly combines a sweet coming-of-age love story with elements of Lovecraftian horror and supernatural suspense, Providence is Kepnes at her best. A rich novel brimming with as much heartfelt emotion as genuine thrills, it will keep readers flipping the pages at a
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This book is a fictional story loosely of the Sci-fi genre. Loosely, because it is cryptic and doesn’t explain the scientific mechanisms that transform one of the main characters. In the book, a young woman finds herself caught in an emotionally & geographically distant relationship with her
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childhood sweetheart. A relationship in which she has zero control and is being strung along with just enough reinforcement to maintain concern, compassion, and hope for reuniting with this individual even though he is unable or unwilling to communicate the reason why they cannot be together.
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Her newest work "Providence" is the supernatural tale that follows the story of two best friends, Jon and Chloe who are separated when one is kidnapped and kept hidden away for years. When he finally manages to escape, he discovers an unwanted power of hurting anyone he cares
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The action is all set in New England; Kepnes is from there, and it shows in her work. The inside flap calls it "part love story, part detective story, and part supernatural thriller," and the best way I can describe it is that it's a bit like Dexter meets, well, H.P
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In June, she released "Providence," a genre-blending story that follows two friends in the aftermath of a kidnapping. It takes place around New England and was the first novel published under Lenny, Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's imprint at Random
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EW can exclusively reveal the cover for Providence, which will be released June 18, 2018, on Lenny Books, Lena Dunham's imprint at Random House.
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television station Kepnes noted that she set the novel in Providence because she was familiar with the area, having been a student there.
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rapid pace, searching for answers to their own questions about love, truth, connection, and what it means to be human.
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In Providence (Simon & Schuster, £8.99), she takes on the story of a kidnapping and its aftermath.
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This book was a strange one. While reading it, I didn't feel like it fit into any particular genre.
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Kepnes published the novel in 2018, four years after the publication of her dark first novel
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Providence (Barry novel)

Caroline Kepnes
You
Netflix
Lenny Books
Lenny Books
Random House
Lena Dunham
Jenni Konner
The Guardian
Dexter
H.P. Lovecraft
Providence, Rhode Island


"4 reasons Providence is a perfectly strange novel"
Cultures magazine
Archived
Providence: A Novel
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN
9780399591440
Archived
"'Providence' By Caroline Kepnes Combines Romance, Horror, And Mystery For The Ultimate Summer Read"
Bustle magazine
Archived


"The best recent thrillers – review roundup"

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