Description
A sharp, socially observant novel of ambition and disillusionment, this story follows a close circle of Vassar graduates as they move from the promise of youth into the complicated realities of the 1930s. Spanning marriages, careers, and private reckonings, the women confront the era’s shifting political and economic pressures while testing their beliefs about love, sex, contraception, and the roles society assigns them. With a keen eye for dialogue and character, the book blends intimate psychological insight with a broader critique of conformity—capturing how ideals survive, bend, or break under everyday life. Mary McCarthy’s distinctive, unsentimental style turns friendship into a lens for larger questions about freedom, power, and what it costs to choose one’s own future.
Available Editions
paperback
Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Published Jan 1, 1989
360 pages
ISBN: 9780297167228
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Details
First Published
1963
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Group by Mary McCarthy.