The Brittanys A Novel
The Brittanys A Novel by Brittany Ackerman is a debut work published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on June 15, 2021. This 272-page novel is presented in English and explores the experiences of a group of teenage girls navigating the complexities of adolescence at a Florida prep school. The story centers on the five Brittanys, each with distinct personalities, as they confront the humorous and poignant moments of their privileged lives while grappling with the challenges of growing up.
Readers will find a narrative rich in the bittersweet nostalgia of youth, capturing the awkwardness and minor horrors that accompany teenage life. The novel delves into themes of friendship, identity, and the shifting dynamics within their group, particularly as the characters face personal changes and family challenges. The Brittanys presents a vivid portrayal of coming-of-age experiences, blending humor with heartfelt moments, making it a relatable exploration of adolescence.
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Bursting with bittersweet nostalgia, a funny, poignant, perfectly voiced debut that captures what it’s like to be a teenage girl—“full of brilliantly-rendered awkwardness and the hilarious minor horrors of a privileged adolescence, The Brittanys shimmers with the everyday incandescence of youth” (Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light).
They’re not the most popular freshmen at their Florida prep school, but at least everyone knows their name(s). The Brittanys.
Brittany Rosenberg: drives her golf cart around her subdivision to meet boys.
Brittany Gottlieb: insists you can’t lose your virginity if you haven’t gotten your period. (She heard it somewhere!)
Brittany Tomassi: is from New York.
Brittany Jensen: once threw her tampon into a stranger’s swimming pool. A brash, bold, unapologetic tomboy. And the greatest person in the whole wide world.
At least as far as the fifth Brittany–our narrator–is concerned. Even within their friend group, she and Jensen are a duo: with their matching JanSport backpacks, Tiffany chokers, and Victoria’s Secret push-up bras, they are unstoppable. And now that they’re finally growing up, they’re going to do everything: dye their hair, attend no-parent parties, try pot . . . maybe even lose their virginities. 2004 is totally going to be their year!
Except Jensen’s interests may be diverging from her friends’. And within our narrator’s own family–in the lives of her exhausted mother and beloved, genius older brother–life-changing events may be taking shape. Events that only years later, looking back, she has the perspective to see.
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