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Reader reviewed by Alexandra

Mara Valentine is an overachiever. In addition to being a virgin and a vegan, she's a straight-A student, and her parents "good" child. She has the rest of her senior year completely planned, from beating her ex-boyfriend for valedictorian to entering Yale as a second year student.

What Mara does not plan is the arrival of her sixteen-year-old niece, yes niece, to come and stay with she and her parents for a little while her mother jets off to Costa Rica. V, as her niece is a called, is a pot-smoking whore, and Mara wants nothing to do with her. What Mara also does not plan is dreaming about grilled cheese sandwiches and her twenty-two-year-old, un-college-educated boss. But soon Mara's plans start falling apart, and she has no idea what to do about it.

If you've ever felt stressed out-- which most young adults have-- you'll be able to relate to Mara and the trials she undergoes.