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...Viswanathan??s book, now on sale at Harvard Bookstore and the Coop, is called “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life.” It is about an over-achieving Indian girl in her senior year of high school, whose lifelong goal to attend Harvard is derailed when the Dean of Admissions finds out she has no friends and doesn’t know how to have fun. Despite Opal’s impeccable resumé, the dean basically tells her that she’s too nerdy for college...
...It’s hard to avoid tracing the similarities, though, and despite what Viswanathan has said, one must wonder, is Opal actually self-referential—a sort of “Mehta”-fiction? Where does its plot end and Viswanathan??s real life begin...
...First, we met Iris Priddy, a sophomore at Georgetown who gave us the scoop on Viswanathan??s middle school years...
...Back then, according to Priddy, Viswanathan??s writing was more often about “princes and princesses” than it was about college, boys, or social anxiety...
...Aielli, But Aielli remained tight-lipped about the film deal, only saying that “the project was shopped to studios” before it was picked up and that “Kara Holden is set to adapt the script for the film.” But Viswanathan??s book did not have such ambitious beginnings. Her novel was first discovered during Viswanathan??s senior year at Bergen County Academy in New Jersey when she solicited help from IvyWise, a company that guides students through the college application process. After making...