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    Followers
    Followers
    Followers
    Audiobook13 hours

    Followers

    Written by Megan Angelo

    Narrated by Jayme Mattler

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    This dark, pitch-perfect novel about our dependence on technology for validation and human connection is as addictive as social media itself.” —People

    A TIME AND NPR BEST BOOK OF 2020

    HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY PEOPLE MAGAZINE · THESKIMM · KATIE COURIC’S “WAKE UP CALL” · ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY · VOGUE.COM · MARIE CLAIRE · PARADE.COM · BITCH MEDIA · HELLO GIGGLES · BUSTLE · BOOKLIST

    An electrifying story of two ambitious friends and the dark choices they make to become internet famous.

    Orla Cadden is a budding novelist stuck in a dead-end job, writing clickbait about movie-star hookups and influencer yoga moves. Then Orla meets Floss—a striving, wannabe A-lister—who comes up with a plan for launching them both into the high-profile lives they dream about. So what if Orla and Floss’s methods are a little shady—and sometimes people get hurt? Their legions of followers can’t be wrong.

    Thirty-five years later, in a closed California village where government-appointed celebrities live every moment of the day on camera, a woman named Marlow discovers a shattering secret about her past. Despite her massive popularity—twelve million loyal followers—Marlow dreams of fleeing the corporate sponsors who would do anything to keep her on-screen. When she learns that her whole family history is based on a lie, Marlow finally summons the courage to run in search of the truth, no matter the risks.

    Followers traces the paths of Orla, Floss and Marlow as they wind through time toward each other, and toward a cataclysmic event that sends America into lasting upheaval. At turns wry and tender, bleak and hopeful, this darkly funny story reminds us that even if we obsess over famous people we’ll never meet, what we really crave is genuine human connection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarlequin Audio
    Release dateJan 14, 2020
    ISBN9781488207747
    Author

    Megan Angelo

    Megan Angelo grew up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Villanova University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour and Elle, among other publications. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. Followers is her first novel.

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    • 5/5
      Great read...I think Megan Angelo may be clairvoyant as it is eerily applicable to our times.
    • 5/5
      Great story - better then I thought! Loved the ending.
    • 5/5
      I needed a distraction and this book did the trick!
    • 1/5
      Read like a bad mtv reality show (and i love reality tv)...DNF @ 25%

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