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Ah, "beach week": a time-honored tradition in which the D.C. suburbs' latest herd of high school grads flocks to Chelsea Beach for seven whole days of debauched celebration. In this dark comedy, ten teenage girls plan an unhinged blowout the likes of which their young lives have never seen. They smuggle vodka in water bottles and horde prescription drugs by the dozen. Meanwhile, their misguided, affluent parents are too busy worrying about legal liabilities to fret over some missing pills or random hookups.
For Jordan Adler and her family, though, this rite of passage threatens to become more than just frivolous fun. The teen's parents, Leah and Charles, might not let their only child go at all. Their marriage is in shambles, their old house is languishing on the market, and the bills are stacking up. With all that stress, it soon seems they're behaving as irresponsibly as their daughter and her friends.
With the wit of Nora Ephron and the insight of Tom Perrotta, Susan Coll satirizes a new teenage rite of passage, in the process dismantling the lives of families in transition. Beach Week is a hilarious, well-observed look at the end of childhood and the human need to commemorate it-expensively.
For Jordan Adler and her family, though, this rite of passage threatens to become more than just frivolous fun. The teen's parents, Leah and Charles, might not let their only child go at all. Their marriage is in shambles, their old house is languishing on the market, and the bills are stacking up. With all that stress, it soon seems they're behaving as irresponsibly as their daughter and her friends.
With the wit of Nora Ephron and the insight of Tom Perrotta, Susan Coll satirizes a new teenage rite of passage, in the process dismantling the lives of families in transition. Beach Week is a hilarious, well-observed look at the end of childhood and the human need to commemorate it-expensively.
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Reviews
"A taut, terrifying thriller that will greatly amuse anyone who doesn't have children. Beach Week is a must-read for any parent whose teenager wants to go on a senior trip, or even out of the house."
Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper
"Hysterically funny."
Kirkus Reviews
"Like a rogue ocean wave or a deer through your windshield on a lonely shore road, Beach Week packs a punch. There's hilarious hypocrisy and satire as sharp as a glass shard on the boardwalk--Susan Coll is very funny as she lightly barbeques a suburban summer tradition. Yes, that's vodka in the water bottles, and yes, that's an Ivy League-bound teen in a steamy bathroom clinch: it's time to swap t
Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand