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Adults
At the center of this affluent suburban universe is Emily Vidal, a smart and snarky teenager, who gets involved in a dangerous relationship. Among the cast of unforgettable characters is Emily's father, whose fiftieth birthday party has the adults descending upon the Vidals' patio; her mother, who has orchestrated the elaborate party even though she and her husband are getting a divorce; and an assortment of eccentric neighbors, high school teachers, and teenagers who teem with anxiety and an unbridled desire to be noticed, and ultimately loved.
An irresistible chronicle of a young woman's struggle to grow up, The Adults lays bare a world where an adult and a child can so dangerously be mistaken for the same thing.
Book Details
- Publisher: Scribner Book Company
- Publish Date: Sep 6th, 2011
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.80in - 0.60lb
- EAN: 9781439191866
- Categories: • Literary• Coming of Age
About the Author
More books by Alison Espach
What people are saying
Highlights from the PW Reviews department, which reviews about 9,000 books per year, tweeted by the editors: reviews, author interviews and profiles.
'Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance' by Alison Espach. A young woman addresses her older sister, who died when they were teens, in Espach’s inventive and powerful latest (after 'The Adults'). https://t.co/f2bOmiCcWE https://t.co/T3Uhn1efQa
Praise for this book
"An outstanding coming-of-age novel...one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Ms. Espach's coup is to chart Emily's growth through her maturing sense of humor." --The Wall Street Journal
"This cri de coeur carries a freshness and charm--honorable, too, for its cutting accuracy." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Teeming with clever insights, witty acerbic dialogue, and a helplessly loving acknowledgement of family quirkiness." --School Library Journal
"Espach nicely balances the acidic and the sweet in her coming-of-age tale." --Entertainment Weekly
"Sharp and witty." --The New York Times Book Review
"Coming of age with a quick wit and sharp eye...The Adults is as idiosyncratic as it is stirring." --The New York Times
"Espach perfects the snarky, postironic deadpan of the 1990s and teenagers everywhere, and her ear for modern speech and eye for fresh detail transform a familiar story into an education in what it means to be a grown-up." --Publishers Weekly
What people are saying
Highlights from the PW Reviews department, which reviews about 9,000 books per year, tweeted by the editors: reviews, author interviews and profiles.
'Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance' by Alison Espach. A young woman addresses her older sister, who died when they were teens, in Espach’s inventive and powerful latest (after 'The Adults'). https://t.co/f2bOmiCcWE https://t.co/T3Uhn1efQa
