Description

When Penelope O’Shaunessy, “an incoming freshman of regular peak and lank hair” actions into Harvard Lawn for the very first time she's plenty of assistance from her mom: "do not be also passionate, do not keep in touch with individuals who be seemingly getting irritated, and for heaven's sake, quit playing Tetris in your telephone at events." This advice is needed by Penelope. She's the type of woman who moves through a lot of her life with coffee poured on her white top, who can not really tell when individuals are kidding, and who, undoubtedly, always says the incorrect thing. But no quantity of training may make Penelope for the folks she meets at college.  Gloriously skewering the cultural structure of university, Penelope may be the superbly humorous tale of 1 of the very novel, unforgettable heroines in current fiction.