01783cam a2200325 i 4500 296043484 TxAuBib 20130206120000.0 120726s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012027692 9781439136591 alk. paper 1439136599 alk. paper DLC eng rda DLC CaNSH TxAuBib rda Nugent, Benjamin. Good kids [BOOK] : a novel / Benjamin Nugent. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2013. 211 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "At fifteen, Josh Paquette and Khadijah Silverglate-Dunn catch Josh's father and Khad ijah's mother kissing in a natural foods store. As both of their families fall apart, the teenagers sign a pact never to cheat on anyone, ever. They have no problem keeping the vow - until they meet again at twentyeight, both struggling with career and identit y, and both engaged to other people. Acclaimed author Benjamin Nugent's fiction debut is a hilarious, sad, handsomely plotted story of love and class. Stylistically adventurous but always accessible, Nugent trains a keen ear on the vernaculars of Generation Y and the baby boomers, as the young and middle-aged try to decide what parenting, background, and loyalty mean in an America struggling to redefine virtue."--Publisher. 20130206. Adultery Fiction. Children of divorced parents Attitudes Fiction. Generation Y Fiction. Loyalty Fiction. Romance fiction. Humorous fiction.