Great book, funny and true at the same time

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	• The Official Preppy Handbook Lisa Birnbach Workman Publishing, 1980 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 51 reviews
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highly recommended

It takes one to read one

Well, being a young man of about 18, I found this book to be of the most importance. I laughed forever at this book and it reminds me of my life and I can truly say it is my handbook. The language, style and tone all come together to make a book of solid character. I would recommend this book to any young child wearing glorified rags with designers names painted all over. I can just see Buffy and Muffy cruisin in the classic convertable with my cardigan draped over my shoulders. Oh, the days of innocence and wealth.

Long Live Preppiness

I begged Mummy and Daddy to let me go board, but they said they were saving for the Ivies. I ended up at an Ivy and wished it were one of the schools listed as a party school in OPH. Man, talking about literature imitating life. Holden Caulfield, eat your heart out! When I tell people about the way I dressed and how I spent every dime on those Gucci loafers they just look at me like I have three heads. People still sweat the cashmere blazer. Who wouldn't?

You will love this book especially if you were one of the few people that grew up in the eighties that still has pictures they aren't embarrased to show others!

My copy is from the library. It seems I lost it...;-) The fine was only 10 bucks and was worth every PREPPY PENNY!

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Great book, funny and true at the same time

I received a copy of this book as a "Secret Santa" gift in college, because it it screamed my name according to the gift giver. Later, my friends chose a nickname from the pages of the book, only to choose the same nickname my grandfather had all his life. The tongue-in-cheek nature of the book is priceless, but at the end of the day, Birnbach hits the mark so well. Her humour and truth at the same time bacame a hallmark in later books, like her "Guide to Colleges". A definite must read and must own. If you can find the "I Hate Preppies Handbook" it makes a nice companion.

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A Classic

This well-written, witty, and cynical book is not only a cult item among former preppies, it is an intelligent comment about the upper middle class of the eighties. Lisa Birnbach is already being cited in sociology texts for her profound insight into US society. A must-read.

Americans can laugh at themselves!

I bumped into this book completely by accident, digging into a box of donated books to a children's project. I'm not ashamed to say I kept it to myself. As a foreigner, it took me a while to saw all the cultural pieces that form the background quilt such book requests from their readers but I got it. I just consider it a must-read device to all non-Americans trying to understand the complexities of the U.S. It's funny, it's got wit, its's got style, and believe me, I'm from a country where public body exposition is mistaken as sexual health, $100,000,00 dollar cars are "de rigueur" (as are the occasional dropping of French expressions), and everybody longs for a Versace, overgarnished piece of clothing.

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