SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York, by Gail Parent, tells the character's confessions from the age of four, when she first experienced unrequited love. These are hilariously awkward accounts of her childhood and adolescence, such as preparing for marriage when she was just seven, her single life at Syracuse University, the loss of her virginity, her emotionless graduation from drama school, and her search for a creative job. There are also the failed romantic advances, the trip to Europe, the challenge of sharing an apartment in New York... In short, all the adventures of a spinster's life are told in a funny and ironic way, entertaining the reader from beginning to end.