Chocolates for Breakfast

<p><strong>A gem of adolescent disaffection featuring a Holden Caulfield-like heroine. -- Vogue.com</strong></p><p><strong>Once I started reading it I didn't want to stop. . . . If your all-time favorite books include works of young-adult fiction (like <em>Catcher</em>) I strongly urge you to take a look. -- <em>USA Today/Pop Candy</em></strong></p><p>A riveting coming-of-age classic <em>Chocolates for Breakfast</em> became an international sensation upon its initial publication in 1956 and still stands out as a shocking and moving account of the way teenagers collide often disastrously against love and sex for the first time. This edition includes a foreword by author Emma Straub.</p><p>Courtney Farrell is a disaffected sexually precocious fifteen-year-old. She splits her time between Manhattan where her father works in publishing and Los Angeles where her mother is a still-beautiful Hollywood actress. After a boarding-school crush on a female teacher ends badly Courtney sets out to learn everything fast. Her first drink is a very dry martini and her first kiss the beginning of a full-blown love affair with an older man.</p>