Bennington girls are easy

the long version

A funny coming-of-age novel that follows two recent Bennington grads who are determined to make it in the Big Apple. Bennington College, refuge for the wayward daughters of good families, maintains a saucy reputation for attracting free spirits. Cassandra Puffin and Sylvie Furst cement what they ardently believe will be everlasting friendship on Bennington's idyllic Vermont campus. Graduation sees Sylvie moving to New York City, where, later Cassandra joins her. Their time is spent decorating their Fort Greene apartment with flea market gems, and trying to figure out what they're doing with their lives. Observant of the unique rhythms of the city but deaf to their own imperfections, they discover how difficult it is to balance someone else's lapses in judgment with your own missteps.