Commencement : [a novel]
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307270740
- ISBN: 0307270742
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Physical Description:
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324 p. ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | A tender story of friendship, a witty take on liberal arts colleges, and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose. |
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Subject: | Women college students Fiction Female friendship Fiction Young women United States Social conditions Fiction |
Available copies
- 26 of 28 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Oliver Wolcott Library. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 28 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Oliver Wolcott Library - Litchfield | FIC SULLIVAN, J (Text) | 36123112036957 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F SULLIVAN J (Text) | 32544073218355 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Sul (Text) | 33160102449884 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F SULLIVAN (Text) | 34030112712440 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/SULLIVAN (Text) | 34029116119826 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC SULLIVAN (Text) | 36937002108562 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC SULLIVAN (Text) | 34014116665739 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | FIC SUL (Text) | 34046116680458 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | FIC SUL (Text) | 34047117976929 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | F SUL (Text) | 33490000093579 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary
Commencement
A sparkling debut novel: a tender story of friendship, a witty take on liberal arts colleges, and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose. Assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, Celia, Bree, Sally, and April couldn't have less in common. Celia, a lapsed Catholic, arrives with her grandmother's rosary beads in hand and a bottle of vodka in her suitcase; beautiful Bree pines for the fianc#65533; she left behind in Savannah; Sally, pristinely dressed in Lilly Pulitzer, is reeling from the loss of her mother; and April, a radical, redheaded feminist wearing a "Riot: Don't Diet" T-shirt, wants a room transfer immediately. Together they experience the ecstatic highs and painful lows of early adulthood: Celia's trust in men is demolished in one terrible evening, Bree falls in love with someone she could never bring home to her traditional family, Sally seeks solace in her English professor, and April realizes that, for the first time in her life, she has friends she can actually confide in. When they reunite for Sally's wedding four years after graduation, their friendships have changed, but they remain fiercely devoted to one another. Schooled in the ideals of feminism, they have to figure out how it applies to their real lives in matters of love, work, family, and sex. For Celia, Bree, and Sally, this means grappling with one-night stands, maiden names, and parental disapproval--along with occasional loneliness and heartbreak. But for April, whose activism has become her life's work, it means something far more dangerous. Written with radiant style and a wicked sense of humor, Commencement not only captures the intensity of college friendships and first loves, but also explores with great candor the complicated and contradictory landscape facing young women today.