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The Expectations
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ISBN10: 0316450391
ISBN13: 9780316450393
Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks
Published: Aug 18 2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780316450393
Publisher: Little, Brown Paperbacks
Published: Aug 18 2020
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
From a dazzling new voice in American fiction (Jennifer Egan), a finely drawn portrait of American privilege and a subtle exploration of class, race, and tradition. St. James is an exclusive New England boarding school known for grooming generations of leaders. Ben Weeks is a true insider -- his ancestors helped found St. James, his older brother taught him all the slang, and he's just won a national championship in squash.
But after fourteen long years of waiting, Ben arrives at school only to find that the reality of St. James doesn't quite match up with his imaginings. At the same time, his new roommate, Ahmed Al-Khaled, the son of a fabulously wealthy Emirati sheik, can't navigate the unspoken rules of New England blue bloods. Even as Ben and Ahmed struggle to prove themselves in the place they have revered for so long, each of them must face losing it forever.
Tender, sharp, and evocative, The Expectations is a compelling novel about the pain and treachery of adolescence, and the difficulty -- wherever one finds oneself -- of truly belonging.
Tender, sharp, and evocative, The Expectations is a compelling novel about the pain and treachery of adolescence, and the difficulty -- wherever one finds oneself -- of truly belonging.
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