Chocolates for Breakfast
Books | Fiction / Coming of Age
3.7
Pamela Moore
“A gem of adolescent disaffection featuring a Holden Caulfield-like heroine.” — Vogue.com“Once I started reading it, I didn’t want to stop. . . . If your all-time favorite books include works of young-adult fiction (like Catcher), I strongly urge you to take a look." — USA Today/Pop CandyA riveting coming-of-age story, Chocolates for Breakfast became an international sensation upon its initial publication in 1956, and still stands out as a shocking and moving account of the way teenagers collide, often disastrously, against love and sex for the first time. This edition includes an introduction by author Emma Straub.Courtney Farrell is a disaffected, sexually precocious fifteen-year-old. She splits her time between Manhattan, where her father works in publishing, and Los Angeles, where her mother is a still-beautiful Hollywood actress. After a boarding-school crush on a female teacher ends badly, Courtney sets out to learn everything fast. Her first drink is a very dry martini, and her first kiss the beginning of a full-blown love affair with an older man.
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Author
Pamela Moore
Pages
304
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2013-06-25
ISBN
0062246925 9780062246929
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"I liked this as a piece from the time it was written. I appreciated this book more than I enjoyed it or even liked. In general I didnt like it. The characters were all annoying and immature. But the setting and the circumstances were what kept the book interesting. It doesnt really have a climax, it just kind of moves at a linear and steady pace until it ends ubruptly. "
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