Posh

By: Lucy Jackson

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Paperback | 10 December 2007 | Edition Number 1

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258 Pages

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20.8 x 13.5 x 1.47

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Kathryn "Lazy" Hoffman is the headmistress of the Griffin School, in the midst of an affair she almost can't remember why she started – her marriage, after all, is a good one. Lazy ministers to students, but her cross to bear is the parents: from the imperious head of the board of trustees to the more average thorns who just can't understand why their little darlings aren't fast-tracked to Harvard.

There is one student who is clearly on his way to Cambridge: Michael Avery, smart and driven, but so troubled it's hard for him to get through life as a senior in high school. That drill includes his girlfriend Julianne Coopersmith, a sweetly compassionate child of divorce who happily wears hand-me-down designer clothes from her best friend, and adores Michael even in the face of his neediness and meltdowns. After all, she's all he has – he certainly doesn't have his mother, Susan, who finds it easier to love her Chinese Crested Hairless than her own brilliant and tortured son.

Fast-paced, gently satirical, yet deeply felt, Posh is a surprisingly poignant and knowing novel distinguished by its spare and elegant prose.

Industry Reviews

"Extremely addictive; once started the novel is impossible to put down...a piece of beautiful writing." --Philadelphia Inquirer

"In this diverting tale, conspicuous consumption takes a backseat to character development, and voyeuristic cheap thrills are mitigated by Jackson's realistic depictions of relationships, whether among the wealthy or the less-so." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Jackson makes these people's issues achingly real with her sharp thinking and clear, concise writing." --Providence Journal

"Emotional, fast-paced and a little bit wicked...her characters are complex, flawed and very real." --Romantic Times

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