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Rich and Pretty follows Sarah and Lauren, best friends for twenty years, as they navigate the shift from adolescence to adulthood in modern New York. Sarah, daughter of intellectual and socialite parents, works at a charity and meticulously plans her wedding, while Lauren—beautiful, independent, and unpredictable—works in publishing and deflects parental worries with a carefree attitude. Their friendship, once inseparable, now faces questions of distance, envy, and the value of their connection amid changing life paths. Rumaan Alam uses sharp, humorous prose to explore how childhood attachments adapt to adult realities and whether enduring bonds survive divergent futures.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Rumaan Alam
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