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Dark and surreal great by sara benincasa bewitched bookworms. In this contemporary retelling of the great gatsby, by comedian sara benincasa, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the romance and drama of a hamptons social circle and is implicated in a scandal that shakes the summer community when naomi rye arrives in the hamptons to spend the summer with her socialite mother, she fully expects to be miserable mingling with the sons. In this contemporary retelling of the great gatsby, by comedian sara benincasa. By softening her suggestions into anecdotal gel caps, benincasa coaxes readers into swallowing truths that might otherwise have been hard to take. I finished the book on my own, then we ended up reading it in class. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. In this contemporary retelling of the great gatsby, by comedian sara benincasa, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the romance and drama of a hamptons social circle and is implicated in a scandal that shakes the summer community. Great sara benincasa hardcover harpercollins publishers. Great by sara benincasa and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In sara benincasas contemporary retelling of the great gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a hamptons social circle, only to be implicated in a tragedy. The great gatsby is my alltime favorite novel, so i expected a lot out of sara benincasa s modern day version of fitzgeralds classic, but she crafted a novel that met and exceeded my high expectations. In this contemporary retelling of the great gatsby, by comedian sara benincasa, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the romance and drama of a hamptons social circle and is implicated in a scandal that shakes the summer community when naomi rye arrives in the hamptons to spend the summer with her socialite mother, she fully expects to be miserable mingling with the sons and daughters of her.
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