description: Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as "the group". An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to watch Kay Strong get married. After the ceremony, the women begin their adult lives: Traveling to Europe, tackling the worlds of nursing and publishing, and finding love and heartbreak in the streets of New York City. Through the years, some of the friends grow apart and some become entangled in each other's affairs, but all vow not to become like their mothers and fathers. It is only when one of them passes away that they all come back together again to mourn the loss of a friend, a confidante, and most importantly, a member of the group.
language: English
title: The Group
titlecomplete: The Group
genres: 20th Century, American, New York, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Womens, Classics, Feminism, Fiction
ratings_count: 15541
places: New York City, New York, Vassar College
awards: awardedAt: -189360000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Harcourt Brace & World