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Much of the book is based on Delbanco??s own life, including her post-graduation experiences and her work as a writer for Seventeen magazine. But she says her choice of subject matter was also based on the fact that she would “have to stay interested in it for years.” She started the novel in graduate school at the University of Michigan and finished it four years later...
...Delbanco??s style focuses on humor and Rosalie is wryly aware of all the events in her life, both tragic and comic. The novel focuses on everyday issues—employment, love, friendships, urban life—but Delbanco makes a point of creating a strong voices among her characters to keep the readers interest...
...Delbanco??s characters are detailed, familiar figures. Bella Starker, the troupe’s producer, is a rich Manhattan socialite whose Gramercy Park brownstone is “decked out like a James Bond stronghold.” The incest of the First Borns is evident with Jake and Grace, two friends who are already scandalously inseparable at the book’s onset. Then there is peppy and fresh-faced Cam, Rosalie’s friend for years, whose relationship she describes as “old pals with conveniently complementary body parts...
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