I want to read a book about my tribe; WASPs -preferably set in New England or Mid Atlantic states.
Extra points in they are sexually repressed, conformist, and neurotic.
I’ve already read Revolution Road and most of Updike
Something like a Whit Stilman film in print
by Forodiel
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Maybe Commonwealth by Ann Patchett? Not New England but otherwise might fit the bill.
Cheever
The Corrections by Franzen
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
by Laurie Colwin.
I actually didn’t finish it because I had just finished a really good book about Appalachian snake handlers and wasn’t in the mood to read about a WASP family who furiously plays tennis.
The girls by emma cline
Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt
The Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow
*House of Mirth* by Wharton
My year of rest and relaxation by ottessa moshfegh, written from the point of view of a privileged wealthy white woman navigating her rich people problems