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A review by mhall
Gossip of the Starlings by Nina de Gramont
3.0
This novel grew on me. It takes place in the 1980s at Esther Percy School, an elite New England prep school, and is narrated by a woman looking back and figuring out her past and her teenage relationship with the wealthy daughter of a prominent politician. There is horseback riding and cocaine; however, it is actually more about character than plot. About halfway through I realized the writing was actually very good:
"I had started prep school at thirteen. Rich, wild girls - the ones who couldn't contain their outlaw yearnings - were dazzling and commonplace as New England snow. But Skye was a newborn rebel, with a vengeful and mercurial heart. At any moment she might repent, or head for a cliff, not caring who else got hurt."
"I had started prep school at thirteen. Rich, wild girls - the ones who couldn't contain their outlaw yearnings - were dazzling and commonplace as New England snow. But Skye was a newborn rebel, with a vengeful and mercurial heart. At any moment she might repent, or head for a cliff, not caring who else got hurt."