Among Friends: A Novel (Hal Ebbott)

Sentences that you just want to luxuriate in. Rare to read a novel where nearly every character is so finely and keenly observed. Captures the feeling of being a teenage girl who is testing your power and capability, while also crawling out of your skin really intimately. For fans of Please Give, Friends With Money, The Ice Storm, Faces, Doubt, and the brother chapters of East of Eden.