false 2208387 3 <div><div>Meet the girls of Siddons, a posh private school in New York City. There are Alex and Suki, troublemakers and best friends since kindergarten. Kitty Johnson and Saby Cohen, who have also know each other since kindergarten but only turned exclusive in tenth grade. Lisa Van de Ven, who is going too far with Miss Wilkes. Marlene Kovack, the scholarship girl with dirty hands. And then there's Astra Dell, "that pale girl from the senior class, the dancer with all the hair, the mass of red hair, knotted or braided or let to fall to her waist, a flame and she, a candle." Astra Dell, the girl with cancer.<div> </div><div>As Astra Dell fights for her life in the hospital, her classmates, Siddons's graduating class of 1997&#8212;minus one&#8212;concern themselves with boys, teachers, exams, dance recitals, college applications, graduation, and, of course, poor Astra Dell.</div><div> </div></div><div>With sublime prose and acute psychological insight, Christine Schutt brings to life the girls of Siddons: privileged, naive, subversive, and restless.</div><div> </div></div> 2214163 14 4 2008 All Souls total:140|5:16|4:25|3:55|2:32|1:12| 140 421 330 47 5 2 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:35:51 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:43:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 22:09:12 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 14:59:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 13:18:28 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 13:19:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 14:36:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:29:25 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 12:44:31 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 12:46:21 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:56:03 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:18:17 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:35:38 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 02:39:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 22:42:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 13:57:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 17:51:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 16:40:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 21 06:41:50 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 20:09:31 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 06:41:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 06:59:25 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:59:25 -0700 2009 Hmmm, when might it be good to read such a book as this? Given that I attended an all-girl private (certainly not this posh) Catholic high school from 76-80? Never is a good choice... but in the spirit of facing that which we shrink from being good for the constitut...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 12:59:41 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 11:55:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 09:48:53 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 20 15:04:42 -0700 2009
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