Some time ago I confessed finding "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned" a memorable book.
So is Christos Tsiolkas' The Slap, though it runs a bit out of steam after page 400. Anyway, I do not remember that many other books where suburban life (and its conflicts) has been depicted so well.. expect maybe White Teeth.
White Teeth has, too, a good description of the school yard as enemy territory. Scarlett Thomas' PopCo is more blunt when Thomas writes about peer pressures at school.
Despite revealing a lot of tension and unhappiness, The Slap ends with a positive note .. that includes drugs and casual sex, of course.
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