Fresh Fiction for August Is HereCowboys, castles, and shiftersβthis month has it all.
     
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May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
425 pages
ISBN: 0307454967
EAN: 9780307454966
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A sparkling debut novel: a tender story of friendship, a witty take on liberal arts colleges, and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose.Assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, Celia, Bree, Sally, and April couldnβt have less in common. Celia, a lapsed Catholic, arrives with her grandmotherβs rosary beads in hand and a bottle of vodka in her suitcase; beautiful Bree pines for the fiancΓ© she left behind in Savannah; Sally, pristinely dressed in Lilly Pulitzer, is reeling from the loss of her mother; and April, a radical, redheaded feminist wearing a βRiot: Donβt Dietβ T-shirt, wants a room transfer immediately.Together they experience the ecstatic highs and painful lows of early adulthood: Celiaβs trust in men is demolished in one terrible evening, Bree falls in love with someone she could never bring home to her traditional family, Sally seeks solace in her English professor, and April realizes that, for the first time in her life, she has friends she can actually confide in.When they reunite for Sallyβs wedding four years after graduation, their friendships have changed, but they remain fiercely devoted to one another. Schooled in the ideals of feminism, they have to figure out how it applies to their real lives in matters of love, work, family, and sex. For Celia, Bree, and Sally, this means grappling with one-night stands, maiden names, and parental disapprovalβalong with occasional loneliness and heartbreak. But for April, whose activism has become her lifeβs work, it means something far more dangerous.Written with radiant style and a wicked sense of humor, Commencement not only captures the intensity of college friendships and first loves, but also explores with great candor the complicated and contradictory landscape facing young women today.From the Hardcover edition.
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