We Play Ourselves

"We Play Ourselves" by Silverman, Jen, published by Random House Publishing Group. After a humiliating scandal, a young writer flees to the West Coast, where she is drawn into the morally ambiguous orbit of a charismatic filmmaker and the teenage girls who are her next subjects. “Fiercely smart and wildly entertaining... a uniquely potent take on female rage and competition.” - Julie Buntin, author of Marlena “A blistering story about the costs of creating art.” - O: The Oprah Magazine Not too long ago, Cass was a promising young playwright in New York, hailed as “a fierce new voice” and “queer, feminist, and ready to spill the tea.” But at the height of all this attention, Cass finds herself at the centre of a searing public shaming, and flees to Los Angeles to escape—and reinvent herself. There she meets her next-door neighbour Caroline, a magnetic filmmaker on the rise, as well as the pack of teenage girls who hang around her house. They are the subjects of Caroline’s next semidocumentary movie, which follows the girls’ clandestine activity: a Fight Club inspired by the violent classic. As Cass is drawn into the film’s orbit, she is awed by Caroline’s ambition and confidence. But over time, she becomes troubled by how deeply Caroline is manipulating the teens in the name of art—especially as the consequences become increasingly disturbing. Book details: 337 pages, published 2021. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.