Book description
A deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenager’s larcenous quest for his acting school tuition
It’s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Bueller–type, is Peter Panning his way through…
Why read it?
1 author picked How I Paid for College as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The characters and the story definitely follow the "off the beaten path" style of most coming of age novels. A humorous and irreverent tale of theater kids in the 1980s. My people.
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