{"product_id":"9780743281683","title":"Glamorous Disasters : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGlamorous Disasters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Eliot Schrefer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah rose from humble beginnings and, through pure grit and resourcefulness, got himself through Princeton.\u003c\/b\u003e Now staggering under the weight of massive student loans and dazzled by life in the big city, Noah enters the rarefied field of SAT tutoring in Manhattan, working one-on-one with the spoiled, gorgeous children of the American aristocracy. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He takes on the considerable academic challenges that are Dylan Thayer, a dissipated high school athlete-socialite, and his waifish sister, Tuscany. Dylan won't lift a finger to do anything but pick up a lacrosse stick, and Tuscany is avidly pursuing her own downfall via drugs and relationships with men more than twice her age. But their mother, a self-medicating pediatrician, has ambitious plans for them in spite of their shortcomings -- and she has plans for their SAT tutor as well. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With echoes of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City, Glamorous Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive portrayal of a small and privileged world, a cautionary tale written by a Harvard grad who was once an SAT tutor himself -- an outsider who became a magnificently observant insider.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] gossipy roman À clef...Moral ambiguity, the little-known world of SAT tutoring and pill-popping pediatrician moms make for entertaining fiction.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Jocelyn McClurg, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A clever debut...[Schrefer] delivers a gleefully biting and witty story.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Emily Cook, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sex, drugs, and SAT scores.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Sherryl Connelly, \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] acutely observed, smoothly written confection [that] promises to do for overprivileged high schoolers what \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada\u003c\/i\u003e did for snotty fashion editors and \u003ci\u003eThe Nanny Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e for Park Avenue moms.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Peg Tyre, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780743281683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40589048971470,"sku":"9780743281683","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_9353a445-d0da-43ab-91f1-00a46160b6c6.jpg?v=1637710942","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780743281683","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}