bought on abe books
By the author of one of my favorite pieces of trash, Chocolates for Breakfast, written by Pamela Moore, an eighteen year old Barnard student, in 1956.. Ms Moore was trumpeted as America’s answer to Françoise Sagan. She published three more, lesser known novels, The Pigeons of St. Mark’s Place (given the alternate titles East Side Story and Diana), and The Horsy Set.
from the back cover:
“The poor little rich girls of all ages, who work terribly hard at riding and drinking and – between times – at philandering and setting their caps at the virile riding-master for whom they yearn. Brenda, who tells the story, is only 17. She is aware of everything that goes on, and embarrassed by nothing save her own virginity. But she has the guts and character to reach out for a more important way of life than the one she sees around her…”
‘Sensational, racy, earthy, throbbing with life on every page’ … ‘Loaded with sex’ … ‘Goes even further than her other bestseller Chocolates for Breakfast‘ – American reviews of this outspoken novel”.
Opening lines:
“I don’t know how I’ll ever get up the nerve to begin this book because I’ve never written anything really, unless I count that senior term paper called ‘Training the Horse Trains the Rider’ about sportsmanship and guts and all on which I got my one and only Ain the Westchester Country Classes which made me absolutely flip.”
Pure trash, can’t wait to read it.
