![]() ![]() ![]() The agents of her transformation are five more sophisticated kids from New York City who dub her "Jules" - a cool nickname that sticks for life - and teach her the art of ironic observation. Meg Wolitzer examines the implications of that sad truth in her latest work, a sprawling, marvelously inventive novel that tracks the friendships over nearly four decades of six teenagers who meet in the summer of 1974 at an arts camp in Massachusetts.Īt the center of the book is Julie Jacobson, a gawky but fundamentally good kid from suburban Long Island who emerges from the grief of losing a parent and discovers a gift for comic acting during that long ago mythic summer. "The Interestings" (Riverhead Books), by Meg Wolitzer The-Interestings-by-Meg-WolitzerĪ little talent is a dangerous thing. ![]()
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