A tech billionaire and troubled girls: Madeline Cash’s ‘unhinged’ debut is Kafka meets Sedaris
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“Madeline Cash’s debut novel – lauded by Lena Dunham and already optioned for a limited series”
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The Wikipedia entry for Madeline Cash confirms her debut novel 'Lost Lambs' and her 2023 short-story collection, but there is no mention of Lena Dunham's praise or the limited series adaptation in the provided evidence.
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— This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
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— This is a list of notable Jewish actors. Some of these may have had some Jewish ancestry, and are ethnically considered Jewish, but did not practice Judaism (e.g. Douglas Fairbanks).
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— See also Lists of women writers by nationality.
This is a list of notable women writers.
Abbreviations: b. (born), c. (circa), ch. (children's), col. (columnist), es. (essayist), fl. (flourished), Hc.…
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“Cash, 29 years old, is founder and co-editor of the 'subversive' feminist zine Forever Magazine”
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The Wikipedia entry confirms Madeline Cash's role as co-founder of Forever Magazine but does not mention her age (29 years old) in the provided evidence.
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— Chayce Beckham (born July 16, 1996) is a singer-songwriter from Apple Valley, California, who rose to fame after winning the nineteenth season of the singing reality show American Idol.
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— Dimes Square is a micro neighborhood of New York City and art scene located in the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan. The exact perimeter and nature of the neighborhood is debat…
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— The Spice Girls are a British girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"), Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"), Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"), Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"), and Victoria Beck…
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“Cash authored a 2023 short-story collection”
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The Wikipedia entry for Madeline Cash explicitly states she authored a short-story collection published in 2023 titled 'Earth Angel'.
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— Madeline Cash is an American author and co-founder of Forever Magazine. Her debut novel Lost Lambs was published in 2026 and reviewed in The New Yorker. She previously authored a collection of short s…
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— Subservience is a 2024 American science fiction thriller film directed by S.K. Dale from a screenplay by Will Honley and April Maguire. It stars Megan Fox as an artificially intelligent gynoid who gai…
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“The novel 'Lost Lambs' is inspired by Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections and a slew of hard-boiled detective novels”
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“In the novel's closing act, the antagonist Paul Alabaster says, 'The truth is funny!'”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the specific dialogue attributed to Paul Alabaster in 'Lost Lambs'.
“At the novel’s midpoint, the town’s tech titan tells Bud: 'Control what people do and you’re a king. Control what people think and you’re a god.'”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the specific dialogue attributed to Paul Alabaster in 'Lost Lambs'.
“Julia Rittenberg suggests on Book Riot that authors of the millennial novel explore the oppressive anxieties of living in a world where it feels like everything is stacked against you”
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No evidence was found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute Julia Rittenberg's statement on Book Riot about millennial novels.
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