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The Pursuit of Happiness Tara Altebrando

The Pursuit of Happiness By Tara Altebrando

The Pursuit of Happiness by Tara Altebrando


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Summary

Reeling from her mother's death, an aimless twenty-first century teen working at a historic village discovers new friends, new loves, and the courage to forge her own path. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS is a striking coming-of-age novel with a colonial twist.

The Pursuit of Happiness Summary

The Pursuit of Happiness by Tara Altebrando

Dressing up as an eighteenth century farm girl is not how Betsy Odell imagined spending the summer before her senior year of high school, but her history professor father insists she take a job at Morrisville Historic Village. To make matters worse, Liza Murphy, only the biggest freak from school - piercings, tattoos, bleached hair - works as a farm girl too. As far as Betsy can tell, her summer will be miserable and any chance of ever being popular is doomed. When tragedy strikes Betsy close to home, her boyfriend and 'friends' are nowhere to be found, and her job becomes a welcome escape from the real world. James, a Morrisville employee from the next town over, is probably the greatest - not to mention cutest - guy Betsy has ever met, and Liza is surprisingly normal and fun. Caught between two worlds - old and new - Betsy is soon struggling with two versions of herself. Combining backdrops of historic Morrisville with the normal teenage world of beach parties, learning to drive, and broken hearts, Tara Altebrando writes a hilarious and fun novel of one girl's search for love and happiness...and the unlikely places she finds them.

The Pursuit of Happiness Reviews

"A dreamlike evocation of friendship and romance, and how tragedy can be transformed into art. Like Sarah Dessen's The Truth About Forever, The Pursuit of Happiness deals insightfully with love and loss."

-- Alex McAulay, author of Bad Girls

About Tara Altebrando

Tara Altebrando also writes adult fiction for Downtown Press as Tara McCarthy. Her work has appeared in magazines, including Seventeen and Mademoiselle.

Additional information

GOR009355998
9781416513285
1416513280
The Pursuit of Happiness by Tara Altebrando
Used - Very Good
Paperback
MTV Books
2006-09-18
288
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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