The Appetites of Girls - Hardcover

Moses, Pamela

 
9780399158421: The Appetites of Girls

Synopsis

For the audience that made Commencement a New York Times bestseller comes a novel about women making their way in the world.
Self-doubting Ruth is coddled by her immigrant mother, who uses food to soothe and control. Defiant Francesca believes her heavy frame shames her Park Avenue society mother and, to provoke her, consumes everything in sight. Lonely Opal longs to be included in her glamorous mother’s dinner datesuntil a disturbing encounter forever changes her desires. Finally, Setsu, a promising violinist, staves off conflict with her jealous brother by allowing him to take the choicest morsels from her plateand from her future. College brings the four young women together as suitemates, where their stories and appetites collide. Here they make a pact to maintain their friendships into adulthood, but each must first find strength and her own way in the world.

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About the Authors

Pamela Moses received a B.A. in comparative literature from Brown University and an M.A. in English from Georgetown University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young children.The Appetites of Girls is her first novel.


Pamela Moses received a B.A. in comparative literature from Brown University and an M.A. in English from Georgetown University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young children.The Appetites of Girls is her first novel.

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ISBN 10:  0425275396 ISBN 13:  9780425275399
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2015
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