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The Group follows eight graduates from the exclusive Vassar College as they find love and heartbreak, forge careers, gossip, and party through 1930s Manhattan. The novel offers a frank look at women’s real lives, examining themes such as sexual relationships, contraception, motherhood, and marriage.
First publish date: 1968
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Mary McCarthy
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