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(More customer reviews)As a "twenty-something", it's hard to find books that appeal to my age group. I'm too old for the "Sweet Valley High" books, yet too young to be interested in tales of marriage/divorce, children, and mid-life crises. Even though Beth Gutcheon's "The New Girls" centers around teenagers at a prep school, this book is intelligent, deep, and interesting enough for women ages twenty to perhaps eighty. This tale of five friends--Jenny, Ann, Sally, Lisa, and Muffin--will captivate the minds of many personalities. There's a poet, a tomboy, a socialite, a conservative, and even a "nice-to-everyone" in this book. Yet, these five basic personalities evolve into so much more throughout the interesting framework of these chapters. You'll feel like a (lucky) fly on the wall as you mentally join these ladies. You'll get to experience the late night talks in the dorm, the vacations abroad and to Sea Island, first loves, and the occasional naughty smoke in the woods. Beth Gutcheon succeeds with the incredible task of completely developing FIVE characters, and she even reveals the background that each of these girls come from. Another satisfying aspect of the book is the class reunion. When the friends meet up years later (they made a promise while at Miss Pratt's that they would come), the reader finds out just how each girl turned out. So many times, books leave us asking, "What then?" This book won't leave you hanging. You'll know what happened to the New Girls, and you'll be so glad you have the memories....of the girls AND of this captivating novel!!!
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The New Girls is a resonant, engrossing novel about five girls during their formative prep-school years in the tumultuous mid-sixties. Into their reality of first-class trips to Europe, resort vacations, and deb parties enter the Vietnam War, the women's movement, and the sexual revolution. As the old traditions collide with the new society, the girls lose their innocence, develop a social conscience, and discover their sexuality -- blossoming into women shaped by their turbulent times.
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