![]() ![]() ![]() The Girls of No Return is told with flashbacks, with the Lida now (roughly two years after the events at Alice Marshall) telling the story that happened then. Some do offer friendship others, honesty, no matter how blunt or brutal and some people’s needs can only be met by using or hurting others. Or are they real? The girls are here for many different reasons while what Lida needs is friendship, or, rather, to be chosen, to be wanted, to be someone’s “best,” that is not what other girls want or need or offer. The small world of Alice Marshall ironically offers Lida an opportunity to develop real connections and real friendships. For Lida, this is doubly true because while at Alice Marshall she is physically isolated from the world, just like the other girls, Lida has always been emotionally isolated. ![]() There is the story of love and friendship between teenage girls, with emotions heightened because of their isolation. Why is Lida like she is, so shut off from others? What could she have possibly done? There is Lida and her Thing, the Thing she did to warrant being sent away to an isolated wilderness school. The Good: Different story threads are woven through The Girls of No Return. ![]()
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