{"product_id":"a-bad-and-stupid-girl-9780472115808","title":"A Bad and Stupid Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSiri is a legacy admission, and destined to flunk out of her freshman year at college. Esther, her roommate, is a scholarship student from humble means, brilliant and driven to succeed. Brought together by chance, the girls soon become partners in a struggle to find their way in a world where neither Siri's beauty nor Esther's brain is enough.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Bad and Stupid Girl is a jewel of a novel, every facet perfectly placed and shining. Jean McGarry's exquisite prose leaves one breathless with admiration, and her creations remain in the reader's mind like college roommates one loved and now misses and longs to see again. - Eileen Pollack, judge, Michigan Literary Fiction Awards \"\"A gemlike portrait, A Bad and Stupid Girl takes us on a journey of epic proportions into the psyches of two young women who are both creatures of their time and heartbreakingly familiar. The novel is funny, and moving, and revelatory. It traces the evolution of an unready adulthood with unsentimental accuracy. A graceful work, full of triumph and surprise.\"\" - Laura Kasischke, judge, Michigan Literary Fiction Awards","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037174006103,"sku":"9780472115808","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472115808.jpg?v=1750934642","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-bad-and-stupid-girl-9780472115808","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}