First book club of the year!!

Eileen is Ottessa Moshfegh's 2015 debut novel, a dark psychological thriller about a lonely, disturbed young woman in 1960s New England who becomes entangled in a crime after befriending a charismatic new counselor at the boys' prison where she works. Narrated by an older Eileen, the story follows her dreary life caring for her alcoholic father and her fantasies, which escalate into obsession and complicity in a sinister plot, exploring themes of abuse, obsession, and the desire to escape.