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Superior Women
Superior Women
Author: Alice Adams
This novel traces the tangled, heart-warming and heartbreaking relationships of a group of intelligent and attractive young women as they grow to maturity over the course of four explosive decades in American life -- from the forties to the eighties. Sharing tears and laughter ... and, sometimes, men, the women learn what they can real...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780449207468
ISBN-10: 0449207463
Publication Date: 7/12/1985
Pages: 377
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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the book was good read
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"They met at Radcliffe in the 1940's - five young women on their own for the first time. Lavinia, the perfect debutante...Cathy, the quiet child of a Catholic Philadelphia family...Peg, the comforter, the caretaker, the most vulnerable...Janet, small, fiesty, Jewish. And, at the heart of the book, Megan, who has come from California eager to be a part of the East Coast establishment.

They are beautiful. They are strong. They are intelligent. They are determined. They are superior women... and this marvelous, beautifully written novel tells the story of their lives through the turbulent decades of our times."
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I love these stories that track the lives of college friends over the years and stayed awake until 2 am to finish this book. Nuff said?
nezra2 avatar reviewed Superior Women on + 27 more book reviews
This is a first publication issue, the cover looks different than the one shown. It's a New York Times best seller.
harmony85 avatar reviewed Superior Women on + 982 more book reviews
This book was OK, nothing special. It was basically about five different women from college at Radcliffe in the 1940s on to the early '80s. It reminded me alot of Rona Jaffe's "Class Reunion" and "After The Reunion" books, only IMO Jaffe's books were MUCH better.


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