Overview
"A gem of adolescent disaffection featuring a Holden Caulfield-like heroine." -- Vogue.com
"Once I started reading it, I didn't want to stop. . . . If your all-time favorite books include works of young-adult fiction (like Catcher), I strongly urge you to take a look." -- USA Today/Pop Candy
A riveting coming-of-age classic, Chocolates for Breakfast became an international sensation upon its initial publication in 1956, and still stands out as a shocking and moving account of the way teenagers collide, often disastrously, against love and sex for the first time. This edition includes a foreword by author Emma Straub.
Courtney Farrell is a disaffected, sexually precocious fifteen-year-old. She splits her time between Manhattan, where her father works in publishing, and Los Angeles, where her mother is a still-beautiful Hollywood actress. After a boarding-school crush on a female teacher ends badly, Courtney sets out to learn everything fast. Her first drink is a very dry martini, and her first kiss the beginning of a full-blown love affair with an older man.
Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780062246912
- ISBN-10: 0062246917
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: June 2013
- Dimensions: 8.41 x 4.82 x 0.74 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.51 pounds
- Page Count: 304
Related Categories
