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Bennington Girls Are Easy

By Charlotte Silver

Publisher: Anchor
Pages: 272

Like some of the well-to-do gals in Mary McCarthy's The Group, the heroines of this delightful satire move to New York expecting the city to enfold them like the arms of so many Amherst boys. But as they swiftly learn, reality is as unforgiving of youth as it is of missed rent, and eventually it's time to grow up.

— Natalie Beach

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