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This novel is infuriating. But for the use of cellphones, I would wonder whether this story is taking place now or in the fifties.

Mabel is a college student with no confidence or self worth. Yet she goes to college on the other side of the country from her family. Her roommate, Genevra, is wealthy beyond words, donating a famous painting to the college early in in the story.