基本信息出版社：Amulet Books
页码：208 页
出版日期：2009年04月
ISBN：0810983486
International Standard Book Number：0810983486
条形码：9780810983489
EAN：9780810983489
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
内容简介 Meet Mary: She’s beautiful, and her ski-star boyfriend is cheating on her.
Meet Crystal: She’s a townie, and she’s cheating with Mary’s boyfriend.
Meet Sylvia: She’s nasty, and she’s got something up her Prada-designed sleeve.
Meet Amber: She’s a flake, she’s the barista at the hottest coffee shop in Aspen, and she serves up gossip even hotter than grande skim lattes.
Meet Peggy: She’s Mary’s best friend, and she has no idea how to cope with all these girls.
A modern retelling of the classic play The Women (which featured not one male in the cast), The Girls is a quick-witted, stylish comedy about friendship, love, and most important, gossip! An elite Aspen prep school sets the stage for jealousy and intrigue as the lives of many girls tangle into a wickedly fun mess (in which no boys ever appear).
作者简介 Tucker Shaw, who has been featured on The Today Show, is the author of many popular books for teens, including Confessions of a Back-Up Dancer and Flavor of the Week. He lives in Denver, Colorado, where he is a food editor for the Denver Post.
专业书评 From Booklist
Mary loves Stephen, who is cheating with Crystal, who is herself cheating with Flip, Flora’s boyfriend. Stylish, mysterious Sylvia delights in exposing good-girl Mary to this deceit but is shocked to learn that her sweetheart, Howie, is double-timing her with Miriam. Sound confusing? Sound familiar? This retelling of The Women, by Clare Boothe Luce, is set in a posh Aspen girls’ school and, like the play, has an all-female cast. Quietly observing it all is Peggy, Mary’s roommate and best friend, who narrates the story as she awkwardly supports her friend through the devastation of betrayal. Peggy, a snowboarder and aspiring chef, appears to be the only girl in school with a somewhat balanced life?that eschews chasing?boys and shopping. Fans of gossipy plots full of backstabbing and questions of love and friendship will enjoy this as a confection, but it can also be read as a meatier critique of the girls’ choices and priorities. A selection of Peggy’s recipes append the book, perhaps as a tasty enticement for readers to emulate one character over the others.