About the Author:
Sara Benincasa is an award-winning comedian and author of the books Great and Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom (William Morrow/HarperCollins), a book based on her critically acclaimed solo show about panic attacks and agoraphobia. Her comedy has won praise from the Chicago Tribune, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times.
Review:
* STARRED REVIEW: “This is a light yet deep novel that looks at the intricacies of both high school cliques and adult relationships. A fantastic add to fiction collections, this would be a great YA crossover for older teens (profanity and sexual situations are dealt with very well).” – School Library Journal
"I’m an expert on the subject of girls, being married to one, having dated several, and now the father of a tween. As an expert, I can tell you with absolutely certainty that Sara Benincasa has being a young female down. She is hilarious and insightful and smart - all traits the ladies I love share, although DC Trip transcends gender. I read and loved it and I’m a BOY!!! (A very famous and attractive boy.)" -- Michael Ian Black, comedian
"Sara Benincasa's D.C. Trip is as wicked, dirty, funny and surprisingly poignant as her comedy. It's a wild, hilarious, and very grown-up ride into the world of teenagers and the adults charged with their care. Read it and laugh your ass off." -- Jill Soloway, creator of Golden Globe-award winning series "Transparent"
"The hilarious Benincasa's second book will give you all the field trip feelings (which, let's face it, are some of the strongest feelings humans ever experience). The protagonist is a new teacher daunted by the wild high schoolers she's chaperoning in the nation's capital―among her charges are three sophomores full of the spunk and daring inspired by being away from home for the first time. " --Glamour Magazine
"DC Trip is the adult book about high school you never knew you needed.” --Playboy
"The perfect, frothy blend of teen angst, adult drama, and whip-smart social commentary. This novel is a trip in every sense." - Diablo Cody, Academy Award Winning writer of JUNO, and author of Candy Girl.
"At times ribald, mischievous, and gross, DC Trip is never cynical, and it even occasionally gently tweaks its own lefty identity politics. The book deserves to be counted among Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, King Dork, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower as...novels that have raised the...bar by not insulting their target audiences, while still feeling universally relevant enough to make a man in his late thirties laugh out loud while reading it on the New York City subway.” ―Reason.com
“Like a crazier Tina Fey.” - LA Weekly on Sara Benincasa
“Benincasa...creates situations that are jarringly outlandish, but still believable enough to be hilarious...A breezy, charming novel." -- BUST Magazine
“DC Trip is smart, funny, sexy, and sweet. Sara Benincasa has written a hilarious, big-hearted novel about an essential high school experience.” - Tom Perrotta, author of Election and Little Children
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