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Advance Reading Copy. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 406. Pink wraps, printed in black. Stamped "Proof/Damaged" to half-title, else Fine.

Named as one of the Best Five Fiction Books of the Year 2005 by The New York Times. A coming-of-age story set at an elite co-ed boarding school in late 1980s Massachusetts. Author's debut novel, which went through many printings after an initial print run of 13,000 copies. Ms Sittenfeld is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt." –New York Times Review of Books