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by Katie Crouch

ISBN13: 9780316002127
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Sarah Walters, the narrator of GIRLS IN TRUCKS, is a reluctant Camellia Society debutante. She has always felt ill-fitted to the rococo ways of Southern womanhood and family, and is anxious to shake the bonds of her youth. Still, she follows the traditional path laid out for her. This is Charleston, and in this beautiful, dark, segregated town, established rules and manners mean everything.

But as Sarah grows older, she finds that her Camellia lessons fail her, particularly as she goes to college, moves North, and navigates love and life in New York. There, Sarah and her group of displaced deb sisters try to define themselves within the realities of modern life. Heartbreak, addiction, disappointing jobs and death fail to live up to the hazy, happy future promised to them by their Camellia mothers and sisters.

When some unexpected bumps in the road--an unplanned birth, a family death--lead Sarah back home, she's forced to take another long look at the fading empire of her youth. It takes a strange turn of events to finally ground Sarah enough to make some serious choices. And only then does she realize that as much as she tried to deny it, where she comes from will always affect where she ends up. The motto of her girlhood cotillion society, Once a Camellia, always a Camellia, may turn out to have more wisdom and pull to it than she ever could have guessed.

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In this tender debut, a less-than-perfect debutante decamps South Carolina for a life in New York City. There, she tries to make sense of city sophistication and to understand the strange and rarefied world she's left behind.

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: Jade, August 31, 2010 (view all comments by Jade)
This book grabs your attention and won't let go. I was still thinking about Sarah long after I finished reading. She's a 'good girl' who experiences a delirious fall and shows you how easy it is to break the rules-even the ones you thought you wanted to keep. Sarah challenges the conventions of her upbringing while pushing herself toward heartbreak with both eyes open. Even after she realizes "how easy it easy to betray oneself" she still hasn't hit rock bottom. She's a beautiful mess- a modern Madame Bovary!
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: Jennmarie68, March 11, 2010 (view all comments by Jennmarie68)
Sarah is a debutante from South Carolina. While she has the title, she's never really fit well into Charleston society. As she grows up and away from her southern life, by moving to New York, she experiences the ups and downs of becoming an adult. We get to follow her through all of this, from a young child to a mother.

I really liked this book. It was witty and comforting in a weird way. I did find that it jumped around a bit, and there were some things that I would have liked answered that weren't. But I loved the story. Crouch has a way to make you laugh at a situation that you really shouldn't be laughing at. I think that most women have been in bad relationships, and so on some level we can all connect with what Sarah is going through.

A truly great piece of Chick Lit. One that is easy to read and really makes you think.
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ISBN:: 9780316002127
Author:: Crouch, Katie
Publisher:: Back Bay Books
Subject:: General
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Publication Date:: 20090431
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Language:: English
Pages:: 241
Dimensions:: 8.00x5.40x.80 in. .55 lbs.

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