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      Penelope

      by Rebecca Harrington
      Published
      Aug 2012
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      274
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      When Penelope O'Shaunessy, "an incoming freshman of average height and lank hair" steps into Harvard Yard for the first time she has lots of advice from her mother: "Don't be too enthusiastic, don't talk to people who seem to be getting annoyed, and for heaven's sake, stop playing Tetris on your phone at parties." Penelope needs this advice. She is the kind of girl who passes through much of her life with coffee spilled on her white shirt, who can't quite tell when people are joking, and who, inevitably, always says the wrong thing. But no amount of coaching will prepare Penelope for the people she meets at school.

      Gloriously skewering the social hierarchy of college, Penelope is the brilliantly funny story of one of the most singular, memorable heroines in recent fiction.

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      General Fiction

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      Comedy / Humor

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      First Edition Aug 2012 Vintage ISBN13 9780307950314 ISBN10 030795031X
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      Jan 2013 Virago Press (UK) ISBN13 9781844088645 ISBN10 1844088642
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      Jul 2013 Little, Brown (UK) ISBN13 9781844088652 ISBN10 1844088650
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      Aug 2012 Little, Brown ISBN13 9781405513975 ISBN10 1405513977
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      Jan 2013 Virago Press (UK) ISBN13 9781844089260 ISBN10 1844089266
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      Aug 2012 Knopf ISBN13 9780307950338 ISBN10 0307950336
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      Aug 2012 Vintage ISBN10 B0083DJURU
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      Dec 2017 Random House Audio ISBN10 B0779KDSRH
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