Chlorine - Jade Song black history month Because if what Kate Holland

Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real

The onslaught starts with a brutal murder of a woman

Joshua and Carlyle quickly warm to each other while Nick and Emilia are left to their own devices

unusually heavy and slow

of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze

Chlorine - Jade Song black history month Because if what Kate HollandIn the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine blurs the line between a literary coming of age narrative and a dark unsettling horror tale, told from an adult perspective on the trials and tribulations of growing up in a society that puts pressure on young women and their bodies a powerful, relevant novel of immigration, sapphic longing, and fierce, defiant becoming. Ren Yu is a swimmer. Her daily life starts and ends with the pool. Her