{"product_id":"9780552776844-prep","title":"Prep","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe startling coming-of-age novel by the Sunday Times bestselling author of AMERICAN WIFE\u003cbr\u003eLee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, and girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY, RODHAM, AMERICAN WIFE and YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sittenfeld writes girls and women as they truly are, with shades of light and dark, with and without grace, apologetic as well as fearless' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'PREP might just be my favourite book' \u003cb\u003ePANDORA SYKES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sittenfeld shares with Salinger a knack of capturing, in effortless prose, a teenager mindset' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields, everyone singing hymns in chapel. But as she soon learns, Ault is a minefield of unstated rules and incomprehensible social rituals, and Lee must work hard to find - and maintain - her place in the pecking order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003ePREP is more than a coming of age story - it's a study of social class . and Sittenfeld renders it with astonishing deftness and clarity.' \u003cb\u003eJENNIFER EGAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Straightforward, serious, funny.'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharp, caustic and brilliantly observed' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451407085942,"sku":"9780552776844","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32339001.jpg?v=1760462411","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780552776844-prep","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}