![]() ![]() ![]() I was crazed by her passivity, particularly her relationship with the object of her desire, Cross Sugarman. ![]() Through her four years at the school, she obsesses about her relationships and develops a crush on a boy. The book follows a 14 year-old girl, Lee Fiora, who leaves her family home in Indiana to take up a scholarship at Ault, an elite boarding school on the US East Coast. I thought of that colleague when I read “Prep” by Curtis Sittenfeld, published in 2005. She hoped to catch a glimpse of him in the distance. At certain times of day, when he might be due to leave work, she would go to the window and gaze out. She longed for him, but had not spoken to him for years. She was sure he was in love with her, but was dismayed that he showed no interest. Whenever she spoke of him, her voice quavered and her eyes brimmed with tears. He now worked in the same building we were in. Years ago I worked alongside a young woman who, long before, had had a relationship with a man. But the idea that Lee Fiora is a realistic depiction of a teenage girl is terrifying. How women think: Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel “Prep” drove me crazy with its obsessive heroine and creepy male lead. ![]()
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