
Posh
Lucy Jackson(Author)
Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S. (Publisher)
Published on 10. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-312-37798-4 (ISBN)
Description
Lazy Hoffman is the headmistress of Manhattan's "posh" Griffin School and in the midst of an affair with a faculty member she almost can't remember why she started. Lazy's cross to bear is the parents: from the imperious head of the board of trustees to the masters of the universe who don't understand why Lazy can't get their kids into Harvard. Michael Avery is headed for Cambridge: he's whip-smart, but also so troubled he can hardly get through the tedium of daily life. And that's all-too-hard on his girlfriend, Julianne, a compassionate middle class child of divorce who happily wears hand-me-downs from her Barneys-card-carrying best friends. But Julianne is all Michael has - he doesn't have the attention of-his mother, who finds it easier to love her Chinese Crested hairless than her own brilliant and tortured son. Fast-paced, gently satirical and incisive, "Posh" is a poignant and knowing novel.
Reviews / Votes
"In this accomplished novel, Jackson's rendering of relationships - both toxic and positive, filial and friendly - is flawlessly executed." - Publisher's Weekly."More details
Language
English
Place of publication
California
United States
Publishing group
Griffin Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-37798-4 (9780312377984)
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Person
Lucy Jackson is a pseudonym for an acclaimed short story writer and novelist. Her last novel was a New York Times Notable Book. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and many other magazines and anthologies. She lives in New York City.