The princesses of Iowa
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After being involved in a drunk driving accident in the spring, Paige Sheridan spends the summer in Paris as an au-pair and then returns to her suburban Iowa existence for her senior year of high school, where she begins to wonder if she wants more out life than being popular, having a handsome boyfriend and all the latest clothes, and being a member of the social elite.
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Yay! I went to the same college as Molly Backes (Grinnell College, in IOWA) and reading this, first of all, gave me a ton of Iowa nostalgia. Swoon. Anyway, I LOVED this look at high school popularity. It reminded me kind of [b:Before I Fall 6482837 Before I Fall Lauren Oliver http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1347331552s/6482837.jpg 6674135], that kind of behind-the-curtain humanizing look at popular girls. But it also had a lot going on (drinking & driving, ~the power of art~, institutionalized homophobia, adults with thwarted ambition, etc) all in a way that, to me, felt very natural and never felt like too much going on. Also as an alleged grownup reading this, I loved the character of Mr. Tremont, their young new English teacher–little glimpses of him thinking high school is hilarious while still taking the kids & their work seriously, and hints of his grad school friends already nostalgic for listening to Lady Gaga in college. Hurrah!
