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Looking For Some Ideas of What to Read on the Beach?

May 20th, 2010

Looking for some ideas of what to read on the beach? Grab your reading group and watch NBC TV’s Weekend TODAY this coming Saturday, May 29. John Searles from Cosmopolitan will host a discussion on suggestions for great summer reading. Courtney Sullivan’s debut novel Commencement will be one of the books discussed, so be sure to tune in!

J. Courtney Sullivan’s celebrated debut novel is a sparkling tale of friendship and a fascinating portrait of the first generation of women who have all the opportunities in the world, but no clear idea about what to choose.

Assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, Celia, Bree, Sally, and April couldn’t have less in common. Celia, a lapsed Catholic, arrives with a bottle of vodka in her suitcase; beautiful Bree pines for the fiancé she left behind in Savannah; Sally, preppy and obsessively neat, is reeling from the loss of her mother; and April, a radical, redheaded feminist wearing a “Riot: Don’t Diet” T-shirt, wants a room transfer immediately. Written with radiant style and a wicked sense of humor, Commencement follows these unlikely friends through college and the years beyond, brilliantly capturing the complicated landscape facing young women today.

“One of the year’s most inviting summer novels…. A smart, discerning book about school years…. Sullivan introduces strong, warmly believable three-dimensional characters who have fun, have fights and fall into intense love affairs…. Gloria Steinem likes Commencement. She ought to; the women of Commencement are big fans of hers.” —The New York Times

Click here for an excerpt.

Click here for a reading group guide.

Click here to buy the book.