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The local girls in question are
Gretel Samuelson, her best friend, Jill, her mother, Franny, and Franny's
cousin Margot--four characters who weave in and out of each of the 15 related
stories that chronicle the rocky years of Gretel's adolescence. As
she grows up, Gretel is witness to the breakup of her parents’ marriage,
the ups and downs of the search for love, the deterioration of a brother
who passes up Harvard for a job at the supermarket, and the emotional explosions
that shatter the Long Island suburban quiet. |
