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...they inhabit what is quite possibly the most aptly titled novel in the history of literature—“Prep” by Curtis Sittenfeld...
Like J.D. Salinger before her, Sittenfeld portrays Lee’s adolescent angst as palpable and consistently believable, while guiding the reader through the colorful insight of a character who might be otherwise pegged as an awkward outsider. She wonders why she is no longer the confident 13-year-old she was in South Bend. Why has she allowed Ault to change her? She worries what her working-class parents will think when they see her acting so differently...
...Sittenfeld delves past stereotypes to locate universal truths and to defy readers’ expectations. As a senior, when Lee becomes sexually involved with her long-term crush, a popular class prefect, it is not he who requests secrecy, as one might expect—it is Lee. Having fantasized about this moment for three years, Lee is surprisingly uncomfortable with the outcome. This dissatisfaction with reality seems fully human and genuine...
PREP CURTIS SITTENFELD A surprise best seller, Prep is the story of a quiet, watchful, chronically insecure (even by adolescent standards) girl who transfers from her Indiana public high school to an exclusive Massachusetts boarding school. More than a peek inside the dorm rooms of the lite, it's an astonishing portrait of what it's like to be that silent girl whom nobody notices...
Critics have compared author Curtis Sittenfeld to Salinger and Plath. But her novel Prep, about boarding school, pegs her as a name to watch in her own right...