A novel about summer camp may sound amateurish or YA but Perennials is anything but. In Mandy Berman's terrific debut novel you are introduced to a wide variety of characters that have a little bit of each one of us in them. We meet Rachel, Fiona, Denise, Helen, Sheera, Mo, Nelly and we remember our own camp friends or nostalgia/5. Stream Perennials by Mandy Berman, read by Mozhan Marnò by PRH Audio on desktop and mobile. Play over million tracks for free on SoundCloud. Perennials is a sharp meditation on the changing female body, and the ways in which such changes are often involuntary and unwanted [She] skillfully captures the details and rituals of camp.”—J. Courtney Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review“Berman’s command of prose is astounding/5(2).
Perennials by Mandy Berman (debut) Publisher: Random House Release Date: June 6, Length: pages Buy on Amazon. Single Sentence Summary: Rachel and Fiona's friendship sprouted at Camp Marigold, but when they return as counselors their friendship is tested in ways neither could have imagined. Primary Characters: Fiona Larkin - Fiona's family has a long history at Camp Marigold. Mandy Berman sure does and her wonderful novel is a snapshot of that time and the group of young women who are irrevocably changed by it. Perennials manages to be warm and loving and still wallop you with moments of shock and pain. At the right time she can also be funny as hell. What an exciting debut.". "Mandy Berman has remade the American summer camp narrative, ditching the usual clichés and getting in close with her characters and their various states of emotional and economic precariousness. Perennials is a sharp, crushingly observant, and empathetic debut, full of wit and tragedy, and good for all seasons.".
A novel about summer camp may sound amateurish or YA but Perennials is anything but. In Mandy Berman's terrific debut novel you are introduced to a wide variety of characters that have a little bit of each one of us in them. We meet Rachel, Fiona, Denise, Helen, Sheera, Mo, Nelly and we remember our own camp friends or nostalgia. “Snappy and irresistible, Mandy Berman’s debut novel, Perennials, takes readers back to summer camp, where her characters’ first friendships and treasons play out in sharp dialogue and playful, generous prose. Mandy Berman is author of the novels Perennials and The Learning Curve. She received an MFA from Columbia University and teaches writing at the College of Staten Island.
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