A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardised by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks and illicit intrigue.A fresh and intimate portrait of desire, consumption and reckless abandon, Come and Get It is a tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and bad behavior.
Kiley Reid Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
1. január 1987
Kiley Reid je americká autorka, ktorá sa preslávila svojím debutovým románom. Jej tvorba sa často zameriava na zložité sociálne dynamiky a medzľudské vzťahy. Reidová sa vyznačuje bystrým pozorovaním a ironickým humorom, ktorým vykresľuje súčasnú americkú spoločnosť. Jej štýl je súčasne prenikavý aj prístupný, čo čitateľom ponúka hlboký vhľad do ľudskej povahy.
Such a fun age
- 320 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
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