Helpful Score: 1
This is a very contemporary novel about a family dealing with the world today. In this time of advanced technology, this story is quite realistic and possible.
In the life of a Manhattan family, the children have many privileges, including that of private school. Everything is going well, as planned, until suddenly an admirer of the teen aged son changes everything.
A young pre-teen girl sends a provocative video to a fifteen year old boy, creating scandal and wreaking havoc. The effects are deep and far-reaching.
Technology, combined with the outside influences of society will, and should, make every parent think long and hard about the situations presented in this novel.
Helen Schulman has written an important novel of morals, values, peer pressure, family and the consequences of youthful impulse. She delves into the impact of the teens, family and society at large. This is a sensitive portrayal of a serious, very real situation.
In the life of a Manhattan family, the children have many privileges, including that of private school. Everything is going well, as planned, until suddenly an admirer of the teen aged son changes everything.
A young pre-teen girl sends a provocative video to a fifteen year old boy, creating scandal and wreaking havoc. The effects are deep and far-reaching.
Technology, combined with the outside influences of society will, and should, make every parent think long and hard about the situations presented in this novel.
Helen Schulman has written an important novel of morals, values, peer pressure, family and the consequences of youthful impulse. She delves into the impact of the teens, family and society at large. This is a sensitive portrayal of a serious, very real situation.
Helpful Score: 1
An interesting look into today's world, our values, and how in a heartbeat, we can ruin lives from the push of a computer key. A timely, truthful and sad novel.
