About this title: Siri is a legacy admission, rich and spoiled and destined to flunk out of her freshman year at college. Esther, her roommate, is a scholarship student from humble means, brilliant and driven to succeed. Brought together by chance, the girls soon become partners in a struggle to find their way in a world where neither Siri's beauty nor Esther's brain is enough. Never having been forced to work hard at anything, Siri must rely on Esther to teach her to learn and attend class. But as Siri wakes from her dream world to discover the life of the mind, Esther begins shedding her rational bonds to ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI
Date Published: 2006
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. Michigan Literary Fiction Awards; 1 x 7.9 x 5.3 Inches; 240 pages; Very slight edge wear to jacket and small red mark at bottom of spine. Looks almost new. "A moving portrait of two friends-roommates in their freshman year of college-who help each other to uncover the potential splendor of their lives. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: 2006-10-02
ISBN-13:9780472115808ISBN:0472115804
Description: Very Good. *WITHDRAWN LIBRARY COPY* with customary markings. Cover in very good condition. No markings in text; Being sold on consignment for the library. read more
Edition: Advance Reader's Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Michigan
Date Published: 2006
Description: Near Fine. This is an advance reader's copy/uncorrected proof PAPERBACK copy and may be different from the final copy of the book in that the table of contents may not be identical, corrections have not been made, the cover may be changed, or similar changes the publisher may make for the final edition. read more
Description: New. Siri and Esther are college roommates both in their freshman year. Siri has had everything handed to her during her privledged life. Esther, on the other hand, has had to work hard for everything she's ever had. Both are struggling through their fi. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13:9780472115808ISBN:0472115804
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13:9780472115808ISBN:0472115804
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). read more
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