Sorority, Genevieve Sly Crane
Sorority, Genevieve Sly Crane
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Sorority

Author: Genevieve Sly Crane

Narrator: Caitlin Davies

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2018


Synopsis

Sisterhood is forever…whether you like it or not.

Prep meets Girls in White Dresses in Genevieve Sly Crane’s addictive literary novel about sorority life, female friendship, and coming of age on a college campus—a voyeuristic look inside the secrets, rivalries, and loyalties that shape life in a sorority house.

Twinsets and pearls, secrets and kinship, rituals that bind sisters together in a sacred promise of loyalty. Certain polished images come to mind when people think of sororities. But behind the doors of this house, the reality of Greek life is far more complicated.

In this sharp and unflinching portrait of college sisterhood, Genevieve Sly Crane reveals the hidden tensions, power dynamics, and emotional struggles simmering beneath the surface of sorority life. These women are not simply sharing late-night confidences—they are navigating jealousy, ambition, family expectations, and self-destructive choices that threaten to fracture their carefully constructed world.

At the center of the story is Margot, the sorority sister whose death casts a shadow over the entire house. Each chapter unfolds through the voices of the women who surrounded her, revealing their grief, guilt, secrets, and shifting loyalties as they grapple with what happened.

With elegant, observant prose and a keen eye for character, Crane explores the fragile bonds of female friendship and the pressures facing young women in a culture obsessed with perfection. Beneath the glittering surface of college life lie deeper questions about identity, belonging, and the price of acceptance. Woven throughout the novel are subtle echoes of classical mythology, reminding us that power, rivalry, and destruction have always shaped the lives of women—even among the modern sisterhood of Greek life.

About Genevieve Sly Crane

Genevieve Sly Crane was the Pledge Mistress of her own sorority. She graduated from Stony Brook University with her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature in 2013. Her work has appeared in The Southampton Review and American Short Fiction. Her story “Endings, Bright and Ugly” was a finalist in the 2017 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. She teaches in the Department of English at Monroe College.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Janelle Janson on July 03, 2018

Thank you so much to Gallery Books for providing my free copy of SORORITY by Genevieve Sly Crane - all opinions are my own. Lately, I’ve been really enjoying slow-burn, character-driven stories and I thoroughly devoured this one! Crane is not afraid to shine a light on the downfalls of sorority life......more

Goodreads review by Marti on March 21, 2018

To clarify some clear misunderstanding...this book is meant to be short fiction, NOT a novel. Things will not “wrap up” in the end. The amount of characters is not overwhelming nor overkill; as each story concludes, you are meant to move past the characters within it. I was haunted and intrigued as......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 15, 2018

A haunting (despite the last sentence) and beautiful book full of unforgettable characters. Keeping up with 24 characters (obviously that corresponds to the characters in the Greek alphabet and rooms in the house) required constant referral to the catalogue at the start (did the author borrow that f......more