In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters – beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys – each take their own lives over the course of a single year.

As the boys observe them from a distance, captivated, they piece together the puzzle of the family's deadly melancholy in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel about youthful love, unrest, and death.

Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with poignant sensitivity and dark humor, creating a coming-of-age story that is uniquely relevant to our time. The Virgin Suicides was adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola.