Grosse Pointe Girl: Tales from a Suburban Adolescence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743256124)

Welcome to Grosse Pointe, Michigan, where social rank is determined by the age of your money and the dryness of your martini.
The new girl in town, Emma Harris, must prove herself hip to the rigid rules of adolescent conformity. The quest for cool, she discovers, is one long final exam. To pass she must be cruel to be kind (ditching her best friend for the popular crowd), dress to impress (trading her favorite Esprit shirt for three plastic bracelets), and master the art of seduction (puckering up with Mulberry Stain or Peaches 'n' Cream lip gloss). Life is all about making choices -- the right ones.
Will Emma's social acrobatics put her on the short list for that coveted country club membership? Will the digits of her zip code pass muster? If her parents split up, will the gossip help or hurt her in the rankings? Grosse Pointe Girl serves as an indispensable road map through the dysfunction privilege brings. So put on your Guess? jeans and your jelly shoes and come along for the ride to the adolescent days that time forgot, but you never will.

Author: Sarah Grace McCandless
ISBN-10: 0743256123
ISBN-13: 9780743256124
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 06/03/2004
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.56w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2004 pg. 353
Booklist 05/01/2004 pg. 1546
Library Journal 06/15/2004 pg. 59
People Weekly 06/28/2004 pg. 47