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Princeton graduate Kitchener turns a sociologist's eye on herself and four classmates, documenting their first year after college. The author, who is white, with well-off parents, occupies a somewhat privileged existence, which occasionally is reflected in her prose (for instance, she wistfully compares herself with feminist friends who are "heading out for a year alone to save orphans or trafficked women in rural Malaysia or Bangladesh"). However, she has made a laudable effort to follow a diverse group of women: Denise, the daughter of Cameroonian immigr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More