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AGE OF CONSENT - AMANDA BRAINERD KARTONIERT (TB)

A total time machine-I loved it. -Maria Semple  New York Times bestselling author of Where'd
You Go  Bernadette Named One of the Best Books of the Summer by Good Morning America 
Cosmopolitan  Harper's Bazaar  and POPSUGAR A daringly honest  sexy debut novel about three
young women coming of age in 1980s New England and New York-a bingeable summer read It's 1983.
David Bowie reigns supreme  and downtown Manhattan has never been cooler. But Justine and Eve
are stuck at Griswold Academy  a Connecticut boarding school. Griswold is a far cry from
Justine's bohemian life in New Haven  where her parents run a theater and struggle to pay the
bills. Eve  the sophisticated daughter of status-obsessed Park Avenue parents  also feels like
an outsider amidst Griswold's preppy jocks and debutantes. Justine longs for Eve's privilege 
and Eve for Justine's sexual confidence. Despite their differences  they form a deep friendship
together grappling with drugs  alcohol  ill-fated crushes  and predatory older men. After a
tumultuous school year  Eve and Justine spend the summer in New York City  where they join
Eve's childhood friend  India. Justine moves into India's Hell's Kitchen apartment and is
pulled further into her friends' glamorous lives. Eve  under her parents' ever-watchful eye 
interns at a SoHo art gallery and navigates the unpredictable whims of her boss. India
struggles to resist the advances of a famous artist represented by the gallery. All three are
affected by their sexual relationships with older men and the power adults hold over them  even
as the young women begin to assert their independence. A captivating  timeless novel about
friendship  sex  and parental damage  Amanda Brainerd's Age of Consent intimately evokes the
heady freedom of our teenage years. Story Locale: A fictional Connecticut boarding school  New
York City  and Long Island  NY

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