SEMESTER ABROAD - Story from Spoiled Brats
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"Semester Abroad" is a story from bestselling author Simon Rich's latest collection Spoiled Brats.
About the Book:
Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special.
We're still paying the price.
From "one of the funniest writers in America"* comes a collection of stories culled from the front lines of the millennial culture wars. Rife with failing rock bands, student loans, and participation trophies ; Spoiled Brats is about a generation of narcissists-and the well-meaning boomers who made them that way. A hardworking immigrant is preserved for a century in pickle brine. A helicopter mom strives to educate her demon son. And a family of hamsters struggles to survive in a private-school homeroom. Surreal, shrewd, and surprisingly warm, these stories are as resonant as they are hilarious.
*Jimmy So, Daily Beast
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