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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...that’s a huge privacy violation!” Opal exclaims...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...Opal’s parents provide the novel’s funniest moments; in them, the novel’s premise never gets old. After the admissions dean delivers his terrible news, giving Opal exactly one semester to acquire the romance, fun, and parties her resume lacks, Opal’s parents move into action, developing a three-step plan to convert their square daughter into a “normal teenager...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...joking?” says Opal...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...Much ink has been wasted wondering whether “Opal Mehta” is autobiographical. Opal Mehta is surely not Kaavya Viswanathan in disguise; she is, more likely, Kaavya Viswanathan in Kaavya Viswanathan’s dreams. Letting us in on the fantasy is Viswanathan’s gift to us. We get to follow Opal as she transforms overnight from member of the “Geek Squad” to literally the center of every male’s attention...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

...takes something more than wish-fulfillment and a funny premise, however, to win so much attention. Like “Mean Girls,” “Opal Mehta” is chick lit mixed with satire. Rather than Queen Bees/Wannabes, however, Opal Mehta represents what might be called the Pre-Organization Kid, the protozoan phase of the sociological type first dutifully reduced to caricature by David Brooks in 2001. “The Organization Kid,” he wrote, is fatally “goal-oriented...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There’s a True ‘Opal’ in Here, Somewhere | 4/19/2006 | See Source »

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