The Blondes by Emily Schultz
Canadian student Hazel Hayes is grappling with a major life decision when she witnesses a violent incident in the New York subway — a blonde woman suddenly attacks a stranger. Within hours, similar assaults occur worldwide as blonde women — natural and not — are infected with a sudden, fatal plague. As Hazel tries to escape north, will she be able to escape the possible enemy within? An engaging, satirical study of our beauty-obsessed society and the idea that looks really can kill.
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