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Glamorous Disasters by Eliot Schrefer

It seems a little silly to critique a book, only to say... "eh". But darn it, I went through it just to come to the end and be whelmed. The basic story is a guy who grew up poor in Virginia makes it to Princeton only to find himself tutoring rich kids for the SATs at exorbitant rate. The story traces his interactions with a completely stereotypical dysfunctional rich family. Mom & Dad are overachievers to self absorbed to worry about their kids' well being. The son is partying with alcohol & drugs. He has no motivation because the mother pays a lot of people to be motivated for him (and when necessary, take the tests). The daughter is essentially a young Paris Hilton. And into this mess comes our protagonist with his own baggage, living in Harlem while catering to wealthy Manhattanites and trying to keep the family afloat back home. Will he manage to survive the mean streets of Harlem, get the girl, and still maintain his integrity? Will you care?

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