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Another book recommended by my father. It’s the story of an average, normal Midwestern teenage girl from a lower middle class family who falls in love with the idea of going to boarding school in New England. She struggles to fit in and never really does, mostly due to her own insecurities and low self esteem. If the story hadn’t been told from the point-of-view of the girl after she was quite a bit older and had made something for herself, it would have been a real downer. As it was, though, while not happy and optimistic, it wasn’t a really depressing book. The only thing that bothered me about it was the flitting around of stories and memories, from past to current and back again to past, but later or earlier in the past, with very little forewarning or landmarks to judge by. I wouldn’t read it again, but I enjoyed it well enough the one time.