Written with a trenchant, sardonic edge, The Group is a dazzlingly outspoken novel and a captivating look at the social history of America between two world wars. "Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant."--CosmopolitanAward-winning Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as ¿the group.¿ An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to watch Kay Strong get married. After the ceremony, the women begin their adult lives -- traveling to Europe, tackling the worlds of nursing and publishing, and finding love and heartbreak in the streets of New York City. Through the years, some of the friends grow apart and some become entangled in each other's affairs, but all vow not to become like their mothers and fathers. It is only when one of them passes away that they all come back together again to mourn the loss of a friend, a confidante, and most importantly, a member of the group.
Über den Autor Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy, geboren 1912 in Seattle, studierte Literaturwissenschaften am Vassar College, arbeitete als Literatur- und Theaterkritikerin und lehrte an verschiedenen Hochschulen.1963 gelang ihr mit "Die Clique" der literarische Durchbruch. McCarthy war eng mit Hannah Arendt befreundet, mit der sie einen regen Briefwechsel unterhielt ("Im Vertrauen: Briefwechsel mit Hannah Arendt 1949-1975"). Sie starb 1989 in New York.Candace Bushnell ist die Autorin des Bestseller-Romans "Sex and the City", der Vorlage für die weltberühmte TV-Kultserie. Ihre Romane "Sex and the City", "Lipstick Jungle", "Raufschlafen" und "One Fifth Avenue" haben sich international millionenfach verkauft. Candace Bushnell lebt in New York City. "The Carrie Diaries. Carries Leben vor Sex and the City" ist ihr erstes Jugendbuch.