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The Gifted School
Bruce Holsinger
★★★★· Published 2019· 464 pages· read 2019
Overcompetitive parents lose their minds over admission to a school for gifted kids. Skewers a certain kind of ambition beautifully.
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★ 5The Greengage Summer
Rumer Godden
Children left mostly to themselves at a French hotel one hazy summer, right on the edge of growing up. Gorgeous and a little dangerous.
★ 5Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo
Twelve interlinked Black British women across generations, in Evaristo's rushing, near-verse style. Ambitious and wonderful.
★ 5Exciting Times
Naoise Dolan
An Irish woman in Hong Kong, torn between a banker and a lawyer. Wry, cool, and very smart.