· Madeline Stevens’ debut novel dares to let jealousy and obsession lead its characters to the places we fear most. Rebecca Schiff. Devotion is a romance and a horror story, a tale of obsession and betrayal, revolving around two women divided by the chasm of class. In breathtaking prose, Stevens illuminates the ugly, stunning danger of www.doorway.ru: Ecco Press. · Devotion by Madeline Stevens A captivating debut novel about a woman who falls into an overwhelming mutual obsession with the Upper East Side mother who hires her as a nanny Ella is flat broke: wasting away on bodega coffee, barely making rent, seducing the occasional strange man who might buy her dinner.4/5(1). “Devotion is frighteningly perceptive about the ways women see each other, use each other, hurt each other. Madeline Stevens’ debut novel dares to let jealousy and obsession lead its characters to the places we fear most.”/5(66).
Devotion by Madeline Stevens is a debut novel about a woman who falls into an overwhelming mutual obsession with the Upper East Side mother who hires her as a nanny.. From evocative cover to ending (though, with at least one crucial difference that I'll get to in a bit), this book reminded me a lot of one of my all-time favorite novels, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Madeline Stevens Madeline Stevens is a writer from Boring, Oregon currently based in Los Angeles. Her first novel Devotion is forthcoming in the US and Canada from Ecco Press www.doorway.ruon will also be published by Faber Faber in the UK and translated into six languages. Madeline holds an MFA from Columbia University and her work has been published in a variety of literary magazines. Devotion Madeline Stevens. Ecco, $ (p) ISBN Buy this book. Stevens's intriguing yet uneven debut is a descent into obsession that follows Ella, a young woman from.
Devotion by Madeline Stevens is a debut novel about a woman who falls into an overwhelming mutual obsession with the Upper East Side mother who hires her as a nanny. Author:Madeline Stevens Language: eng Format: epub, mobi Publisher: HarperCollins Published: T+ THE ENTRY I’D BEEN WAITING FOR. I’D ANTICIPATED HER SAYING something basic like “We have a new nanny named Elle. She seems okay with Billy.” I tried not to get my hopes up too far. Madeline Stevens’ debut novel dares to let jealousy and obsession lead its characters to the places we fear most. Rebecca Schiff. Devotion is a romance and a horror story, a tale of obsession and betrayal, revolving around two women divided by the chasm of class. In breathtaking prose, Stevens illuminates the ugly, stunning danger of love.
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