Twentysomething Brooklynites Mara and Jo have been close friends since middle school. Gradually, it becomes apparent that the increasingly unstable Jo has troubles that may be the result of substance abuse, or an even deeper problem. Over the course of a decade, the more stable Mara tries to help.
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James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coa...
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from...
When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online comm...
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators an...
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the wors...