Admission - Rambling Readers

No cover — Jean Hanff Korelitz: Admission (EBook, 2009, Grand Central Publishing)

electronic resource

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2009 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-0-446-55763-4
OCLC Number:: 458487960

(1 review)

"Admissions. Admission. Aren't there two sides to the word? And two opposing sides...It's what we let in, but it's also what we let out." For years, 38-year-old Portia Nathan has avoided the past, hiding behind her busy (and sometimes punishing) career as a Princeton University admissions officer and her dependable domestic life. Her reluctance to confront the truth is suddenly overwhelmed by the resurfacing of a life-altering decision, and Portia is faced with an extraordinary test. Just as thousands of the nation's brightest students await her decision regarding their academic admission, so too must Portia decide whether to make her own ultimate admission.Admission is at once a fascinating look at the complex college admissions process and an emotional examination of what happens when the secrets of the past return and shake a woman's life to its core.

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4 stars

I went out of my way to get this book (having enjoyed You Should Have Known and The Plot) because I thought the author gave an interview where she said it was a prelude to The Devil and Webster so I wanted to read it first... but I may be wrong. Anyhow, once again this is a delightful read in that you just enjoy being in the writer's prose, the ease, the descriptions that you nod along to, the general enjoyment of learning about a new topic (this time College admissions). And of course her clever title referencing the 'admission' she makes to herself in the end. I can't say when you finish it you come to some earth shattering conclusions, but do all books have to do that? reading this author reminds me of how I could devour books in my 20's and I miss that. I also …

I went out of my way to get this book (having enjoyed You Should Have Known and The Plot) because I thought the author gave an interview where she said it was a prelude to The Devil and Webster so I wanted to read it first... but I may be wrong. Anyhow, once again this is a delightful read in that you just enjoy being in the writer's prose, the ease, the descriptions that you nod along to, the general enjoyment of learning about a new topic (this time College admissions). And of course her clever title referencing the 'admission' she makes to herself in the end. I can't say when you finish it you come to some earth shattering conclusions, but do all books have to do that? reading this author reminds me of how I could devour books in my 20's and I miss that. I also miss the general story-telling nature of novels where identities were only mentioned to serve the plot and not the other way around.