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THE APPETITES OF GIRLS
By: Pamela Moses
Putnam
July 2014
On Sale: June 26, 2014
Featuring: Ruth; Francesca; Opal; Setsu
372 pages
ISBN: 0399158421
EAN: 9780399158421
Kindle: B00G3L6NTC
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For the audience that made COMMENCEMENT a New York Times bestseller comes a novel about women making their way in the world. Self-doubting Ruth is coddled by her immigrant mother, who uses food to soothe and control. Defiant Francesca believes her heavy frame shames her Park Avenue society mother and, to provoke her, consumes everything in sight. Lonely Opal longs to be included in her glamorous motherβs dinner datesβuntil a disturbing encounter forever changes her desires. Finally, Setsu, a promising violinist, staves off conflict with her jealous brother by allowing him to take the choicest morsels from her plateβand from her future. College brings the four young women together as suitemates, where their stories and appetites collide. Here they make a pact to maintain their friendships into adulthood, but each must first find strength and her own way in the world.
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