{"product_id":"2940169088854","title":"Perennials: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This highly anticipated coming-of-age novel . . . delivers the perfect sunny trifecta: summer camp drama, growing pains, and the enduring power of female friendships.\"amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At what point does childhood end and adulthood begin? Mandy Berman's evocative debut novel captures, through the lens of summer camp both the thrill and pain of growing up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rachel Rivkin and Fiona Larkin used to treasure their summers together as campers at Camp Marigold. Now, reunited as counselors after their first year of college, their relationship is more complicated. Rebellious Rachel, a street-smart city kid raised by a single mother, has been losing patience with her best friend's insecurities; Fiona, the middle child of a not-so-perfect suburban family, envies Rachel's popularity with their campers and fellow counselors. For the first time, the two friends start keeping secrets from each other. Through them, as well as from the perspectives of their fellow counselors, their campers, and their mothers, we witness the tensions of the turbulent summer build to a tragic event, which forces Rachel and Fiona to confront their pastsamp;mdash;and the adults they're becoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A seductive blast of nostalgia, a striking portrait of adolescent longing, and a tribute to female friendship, \u003ci\u003ePerennials\u003c\/i\u003e will speak to everyone who still remembers that bittersweet moment when innocence is lost forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003ePerennials\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berman is at her most insightful when exploring the awkward unfurling of female adolescence. . . . \u003ci\u003ePerennials\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp meditation on the changing female body, and the ways in which such changes are often involuntary and unwanted. . . . [She] skillfully captures the details and rituals of camp.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;J. Courtney Sullivan, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berman's command of prose is astounding. The more you read, the more difficult it is to believe that this is a debut novel. . . . Charged with hope, longing, an unexpected sensuality, and a bruised tenderness, \u003ci\u003ePerennials \u003c\/i\u003eis a book you should most definitely put near the top of your reading list.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;\u003ci\u003ePop Dust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePerennials\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp, crushingly observant, and empathetic debut, full of wit and tragedy, and good for all seasons.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;Sam Lipsyte, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fun Parts\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ask\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucid, psychologically nuanced, and great fun to read.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;Rufi Thorpe, author of \u003ci\u003eDear Fang, With Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Girls from Corona del Mar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Snappy and irresistible, \u003ci\u003ePerennials\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers back to summer camp, where her characters' first friendships and treasons play out in sharp dialogue and playful, generous prose.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;Kristopher Jansma, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy We Came to the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePerennials \u003c\/i\u003emanages to be warm and loving and still wallop you with moments of shock and pain. What an exciting debut.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;Victor LaValle, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berman's debut, a winning, keenly observed, and clear-eyed novel set in a summer camp, captures the age when fierce attachments forged over years begin to unravel, passionate female friendships give way to sex, and identity seems to shift with the tides.\"\u003cb\u003eamp;mdash;Elissa Schappell, author of \u003ci\u003eBlueprints for Building Better Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123019792624,"sku":"2940169088854","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169088854_p0.jpg?v=1763671871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169088854","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}