Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle) - Softcover

"Remember what it feels like to be seventeen? Eveline Auerbach sounds like somebody many of us knew--or were. . . . A realistic, resonant, and universal story."--O: The Oprah Magazine

"As vast and ambitious as the country itself."--Carolyn See, The Washington Post

This is what it’s like to be a high-school-age girl.
To forsake the boyfriend you once adored.
To meet the love of your life, who just happens to be your teacher.
To discover for the first time the power of your body and mind.
 
This is what it’s like to be a college-age woman.
To live through heartbreak.
To suffer the consequences of your choices.
To depend on others for survival but to have no one to trust but yourself.
 
This is Anthropology of an American Girl.
A literary sensation, this extraordinarily candid novel about the experience of growing up female in America will strike a nerve in readers of all ages.