“Mandy Berman has remade the American summer camp narrative, ditching the usual clichés and getting in close with her characters and their various states of emotional and economic precariousness. Perennials is a sharp, crushingly observant, and empathetic debut, full of wit and tragedy, and good for all seasons.” —Sam Lipsyte, author of The Fun Parts and The Ask. “Mandy Berman has remade the American summer camp narrative, ditching the usual clichés and getting in close with her characters and their various states of emotional and economic precariousness. Perennials is a sharp, crushingly observant, and empathetic debut, full of wit and tragedy, and good for all seasons.” —Sam Lipsyte, author of The Fun Parts and The Ask/5(58). · “Mandy Berman has remade the American summer camp narrative, ditching the usual clichés and getting in close with her characters and their various states of emotional and economic precariousness. Perennials is a sharp, crushingly observant, and empathetic debut, full of wit and tragedy, and good for all seasons.” —Sam Lipsyte, author of The Fun Parts and The AskEdition description: Reprint.
Perennials Mandy Berman. Mandy Berman's evocative debut novel captures, through the lens of summer camp both the thrill and pain of growing up. 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. Mandy Berman is author of the novels Perennials and The Learning Curve. She received an MFA from Columbia University and teaches writing at the College of Staten Island. Perennials 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."—J. Courtney Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review "Berman's command of prose is astounding.
Mandy Berman is author of the novels Perennials and The Learning Curve. She received an MFA from Columbia University and teaches writing at the College of Staten Island. PERENNIALS. "Berman is at her most insightful when exploring the awkward unfurling of female adolescence Perennials is a sharp meditation on the changing female body, and the ways in which such changes are often involuntary and unwanted." — J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review. 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. “Snappy and irresistible, Mandy Berman’s debut novel, Perennials, takes readers back to summer camp, where her characters’ first friendships and treasons play out in sharp dialogue and playful, generous prose.
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