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Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld

Description: ISBN 0330441272 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Curtis Sittenfeld / Edition: New edition / Paperback / Book is published 2006-08-04 by Picador

Newest Review: ... anyone could write these events down without having experienced them first hand. The story seems so indescribably real and ... more

... alive, the relationship with her parents told with a mix of love and embarrassment in only the way a teenager could. Lee's parents accepted her decision to go to boarding school, but she says herself that this is not the same as believing it to be a good idea. The gulf between Lee on her scholarship and the fee-paying students is evident but not something to ever be spoken outright; talking about money is considered distasteful. It's not something she can avoid thinking about though, as she observes expensive pillowca...more

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Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld: **** The Antidote To Harry Potter **** (736 words)
by - written on 03/10/09 (Very useful, 32 readings)
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Lee Fiora, from South Bend, Indiana is thirteen years old when she applies to boarding school. The dreamy idea of boys and girls in cashmere sweaters, brick buildings and lawns is a glimpse from a glossy brochure and a far cry from her local high school with its low academic results and peeling lino. Before she realises the impact of her daydream, she has been offered a scholarship to Ault School and begins life there at the age of fourteen, leaving her ordinary, noisy family far behind. For me, this is a book that began beautifully. Her observations of her room mates, her wealthy peers and the rituals of formal dinner and chapel set the scene through to ... Read the complete review