Elen's life is falling apart, but a chance encounter draws her into the orbit of 4 mysterious teenagers. Join consulate editor for Joyland Magazine and award-winning writer Ashani Lewis, to celebrate the release of her seductive and sapphic debut novel, Winter Animals. A must read for fans of White Lotus and The Secret History.
In one of America's Happiest Cities, Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left her. Her belongings are in the boot of her car. Her days are filled mostly with silence and drinking. When she meets four English teenagers in an empty bar, she is enamoured.
The teenagers are wealthy squatters, drifting between ski resorts and breaking into empty AirBnBs. As they welcome Elen into their group, she senses a violent secret that fuels the four's never-ending disappearing act. Vibrant and cultish, they force Elen to ruminate on the irresistible pull of bright young things. She cannot understand what they want from her - but why would Elen leave when she has nowhere else to go?
Ashani will be joined in conversation with a special guest to mediate on the dangers and seductive power of youthful idealism, and the slippages between friendship and love. Get lost in a world coloured by freedom, desire and excess.
A Night In with Ashani Lewis was originally broadcast on Sun 18 Feb 2024.
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