Cherish Farrah : a novel / Bethany C. Morrow.
"Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS--White Girl Spoiled. With Brianne and Jerry Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and coddling that even upper-class Black parents can't seem to afford--and it creates a dissonance in her best friend that Farrah can exploit. When her own family is unexpectedly confronted with foreclosure, the calculating Farrah is determined to reassert the control she's convinced she's always had over her life by staying with Cherish, the only person she loves--even when she hates her. A troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitman family but the longer she stays, the more her own parents suggest that something is wrong in the Whitman house. She might trust them--if they didn't think something was wrong with Farrah, too. As strange things start happening at the Whitman household--debilitating illnesses, upsetting fever dreams, an inexplicable tension with Cherish's hothead boyfriend, and a strange journal that seems to keep track of what is happening to Farrah--it's nothing she can't handle. But soon everything begins to unravel when the Whitmans invite Farrah closer, and it's anyone's guess who is really in control. Told in Farrah's chilling, unforgettable voice and weaving in searing commentary on race and class, this slow-burn social horror will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593185384 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 321 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | African American teenage girls > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Racially mixed families > Fiction. Rich people > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS-White Girl Spoiled.With Brianne and Jerry Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and coddling that even upper-class Black parents can't seem to afford-and it creates a dissonance in her best friend that Farrah can exploit. When her own family is unexpectedly confronted with foreclosure, the calculating Farrah is determined to reassert the control she's convinced she's always had over her life by staying with Cherish, the only person she loves-even when she hates her. A troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitman family but the longer she stays, the more her own parents suggest that something is wrong in the Whitman house. She might trust them-if they didn't think something was wrong with Farrah, too. As strange things start happening atthe Whitman household-debilitating illnesses, upsetting fever dreams, an inexplicable tension with Cherish's hothead boyfriend, and a strange journal that seems to keep track of what is happening to Farrah-it's nothing she can't handle. But soon everything begins to unravel when the Whitmans invite Farrah closer, and it's anyone's guess who is really in control. Told in Farrah's chilling, unforgettable voice and weaving in searing commentary on race and class, this slow-burn social horror will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page"-- - Baker & Taylor
Being faced with her homeâs foreclosure, one of only two black girls in a wealthy gated community manipulates her way into her friendsâ household where she starts noticing strange things happening and her suspicion of the seemingly-perfect family grows. - Penguin Putnam
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022Â by PopSugar, Ms. magazine, Medium, Book Riot, BookPage, CrimeReads, Tor Nightfire, Bookshop, Book Talk, BiblioLifestyle, and more!Â
AN APRIL 2022 BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK
âMorrow uses her heroineâs warped perspective to examine painful truths about race and class in America, but this isnât a book intended to teach anyone a lesson, except maybe: Be careful. You never know whoâs really in control.ââLos Angeles Times
From bestselling author Bethany C. Morrow comes a new adult social horror novel in the vein of Get Out meets My Sister, the Serial Killer, about Farrah, a young, calculating Black girl who manipulates her way into the lives of her Black best friendâs white, wealthy, adoptive family but soon suspects she may not be the only one with ulterior motives. . . .
Seventeen-year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a white, wealthy family, is something Farrah likes to call WGSâWhite Girl Spoiled. With Brianne and Jerry Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and coddling that even upper-class Black parents canât seem to affordâand it creates a dissonance in her best friend that Farrah can exploit. When her own family is unexpectedly confronted with foreclosure, the calculating Farrah is determined to reassert the control sheâs convinced sheâs always had over her life by staying with Cherish, the only person she lovesâeven when she hates her.
As troubled Farrah manipulates her way further into the Whitman family, the longer she stays, the more her own parents suggest that something is wrong in the Whitman house. She might trust themâif they didnât think something was wrong with Farrah, too. When strange things start happening at the Whitman householdâdebilitating illnesses, upsetting fever dreams, an inexplicable tension with Cherishâs hotheaded boyfriend, and a mysterious journal that seems to keep track of what is happening to Farrahâitâs nothing she canât handle. But soon everything begins to unravel when the Whitmans invite Farrah closer, and itâs anyoneâs guess who is really in control.
Told in Farrahâs chilling, unforgettable voice and weaving in searing commentary on race and class, this slow-burn social horror will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page.