A mother and daughter''s stories intertwine, in this intimate and propulsive novel about the secrets we keep, female resistance, and most importantly, friendship from the Margot Cooper’s life explodes after she discovers that her A-List actor husband sent explicit photos to multiple girls on social media. Desperate to get away from the world--and the paparazzi surrounding her home--Margot flees to her mom’s house, teenage daughter in tow, in hopes of finding sanctuary. But it isn’t the sanctuary she was hoping for. There’s a small cardboard box tucked away in her mom’s attic, filled with damning evidence of a mysterious urban legend and wanted vigilante, “Lady X”, and a blurry newspaper photo of a woman that looks an awful lot like Margot’s mom. Turns out, Margot’s husband isn’t the only family member harboring secrets. Ginger Daughtery is living her best life with her two beloved roommates, until one of them is assaulted. Astounded by the lack of response from police, the young women take things into their own hands and find themselves igniting a movement that soon takes New York City by storm. But what began as a little bit of revenge against terrible men--vandalism here and there, signed collectively by “Lady X”--starts to take on a life of its own. Their enigmatic reputation grows beyond their control with copycat criminals running amok through the city, and the hunt for this mysterious vigilante reaches a boiling point. So when a body is found fallen – or pushed – from five stories high, all eyes are on Lady X. But she’s vanished into thin air.

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Molly Fader is the USA Today bestselling author of three commercial women’s fiction novels. The Sunshine Girls was an ALA Pick for December 2022.

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A mother and daughter's stories intertwine, in this intimate and propulsive novel about the secrets we keep, female resistance, and most importantly, friendship from the USA Today bestseller of The Sunshine Girls.

Los Angeles, 2024.

Margot Cooper’s life explodes after she discovers that her A-List actor husband sent explicit photos to multiple girls on social media. Desperate to get away from the world—and the paparazzi surrounding her home—Margot flees to her mom’s house, teenage daughter in tow, in hopes of finding sanctuary.

But it isn’t the sanctuary she was hoping for. There’s a small cardboard box tucked away in her mom’s attic, filled with damning evidence of a mysterious urban legend and wanted vigilante, “Lady X”, and a blurry newspaper photo of a woman that looks an awful lot like Margot’s mom. Turns out, Margot’s husband isn’t the only family member harboring secrets.

New York City, 1977.

Ginger Daughtery is living her best life with her two beloved roommates, until one of them is assaulted. Astounded by the lack of response from police, the young women take things into their own hands and find themselves igniting a movement that soon takes New York City by storm.

But what began as a little bit of revenge against terrible men—vandalism here and there, signed collectively by “Lady X”—starts to take on a life of its own. Their enigmatic reputation grows beyond their control with copycat criminals running amok through the city, and the hunt for this mysterious vigilante reaches a boiling point. So when a body is found fallen – or pushed – from five stories high, all eyes are on Lady X.

But she’s vanished into thin air.

Zusammenfassung
The search for a notorious vigilante exposes the secrets among three generations of women in this propulsive novel of female resistance and rage, sweeping from contemporary L.A. to gritty 1970s New York.

Los Angeles, 2024. After learning that her A-list actor husband sent explicit photos to multiple girls on social media, Margot Cooper runs away from the world—and the paparazzi—by fleeing to her childhood home with her teenage daughter in tow.

But home isn’t the sanctuary Margot was hoping for. In a cardboard box in the corner of the attic, she finds damning evidence of an infamous urban legend, the mysterious vigilante “Lady X”—including a blurry newspaper photo of a woman who looks an awful lot like Margot’s mother.

New York City, 1977. In the midst of an infamous summer, Ginger Daughtry and her two beloved roommates are able to shield one another from the chaos—until one of them is assaulted. Astounded by the lack of response from police, the young women decide to engage in some light payback, signing their handiwork as “Lady X.”

Soon copycats appear, and a movement inspired by acts of vandalism against terrible men spirals out of control, with criminals running amok under the guise of the enigmatic Lady X. When a body is found fallen—or pushed—from five stories high, the hunt reaches a boiling point.