Everyone Blamed the Wrong Thing (The Virgin Su*cides)

The Virgin Suicides, the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides and the 1999 adaptation by Sofia Coppola, is a story about five sisters and the year they died, but also what happens when a family tries to outrun a changing world. Today we cover generational trauma, the fear of the modern, the collapse of religious authority, and how two parents sealed their daughters away from a world that was finally starting to set women free. You can follow me here, if you want to obvi: https://www.threads.com/@nikaknack   / nikaknack     / nikaknack   Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Summary 02:35 - The World Around the Lisbons 05:46 - Mrs Lisbon 10:46 - Mr Lisbon 14:12 - Mrs Lema Crawford 15:37 - The Lisbon Sisters 17:44 - Nobody Understood 19:31 -Outro #sofiacoppola #jeffreyeugenides