Blythe Shelley gets a 1600 on her
SAT, a full scholarship to Cornell, but
never goes. Instead, she abandons her
dreams and works as a waitress for
The Comfort Cafe, a "mom and pop"
style restaurant in
Conyers, North Carolina.
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"...Similar to Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted
(Vintage, 1994) and Wally Lamb's She's Come
Undone (WSP, 1993), this is an excellent read with
well-developed characters."

---from "School Library Journal"
Nicole M. Marcuccilli, Glenview Public Library, IL
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