SuitabookPerfection and self-presentation
Ruthie seeks help becoming a “perfect girl” after comparing herself with Jenna’s appearance and the attention Perry gives her.
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Mary Hogan - Author
Mary Hogan - Author
This is a romantic school story about Ruthie’s efforts to respond when a new girl seems to embody perfection and captures Perry’s attention. Its central tension concerns attraction, comparison and the wish to change oneself.
Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. He's suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang, and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it.Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie realizes she has to do something, and fast. Jenna is perfect, from her perfectly straight hair to her perfectly manicured toes. Perry's noticed her, too, and worse, Jenna has noticed him right back. Ruthie knows she has to call her aunt, New York's "Goddess of Love." If Aunt Marty, romance columnist and woman of the world, can't turn Ruthie into a perfect girl, no one can . . . but she might also turn Ruthie's entire world upside down.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a romantic school story about Ruthie’s efforts to respond when a new girl seems to embody perfection and captures Perry’s attention. Its central tension concerns attraction, comparison and the wish to change oneself.
Ruthie seeks help becoming a “perfect girl” after comparing herself with Jenna’s appearance and the attention Perry gives her.
Ruthie asks her romance-columnist aunt for help after Perry notices Jenna, and Aunt Marty’s involvement may alter Ruthie’s wider situation.
The romantic premise and emphasis on being “perfect” may merit attention if appearance, desirability or competition are sensitive subjects.
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