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314 p. "An acerbic, charming, oddly comforting story of the brat in us all"--Cover. Summary: Chafing under the care of "the most annoyingly evenhanded parental team in the history of civilization," Frederica is starting to feel that her life is stiflingly snug. Into this cozy world, comes Miss Laura Lee French - the new dorm mother at the college where Frederica's parents teach and live. Laura Lee proves to be the enthralling and glamorous antithesis of the Hatches, whose passion for liberal political causes is all-consuming - even Frederica's Barbie dolls have been anatomically corected. But, as it happens, Miss French - in the distant past - was married to none other than Frederica's earnest and distinctly unglamorous father.