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Nellcott Is My Darling.

Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies
Publication Date: 22-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nellcott Is My Darling.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Golda Fried. Nellcott Is My Darling. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2005. 178 pp. $14.95 paper.

Written in an invigorating and fresh style, Golda Fried's first novel, Nellcott Is My Darling, is a book that her readers will not want to put down. In a powerful coming-of-age story set in the 1990s, Fried successfully depicts the tumultuous and chaotic first year of college for Alice, a young girl whose life is inevitably heading toward change. Fried's novel is a significant contribution to the literary field, given that many fresh college students, especially young females, will relate to Alice and the struggles she faces in a harsh and unforgiving world. Alice leaves the comfort and familiarity of her life in Toronto to attend McGill University in Montreal. The move is intimidating for her, because Alice has never before experienced life away from home and away from all she knows. A new world of freedom, smoking, skipping and failing classes, love, and sex awaits Alice at McGill.

Initially, Alice only observes the hectic life surrounding her. Instead...

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