The Girls of Summer
J. Courtney Sullivan’s “Commencement” is one of this year’s most inviting summer novels. It tells of four Smith College dorm mates who reunite for a wedding four years after graduation, and it manages to be so entertaining that this setup never feels schematic. In a novel that’s what Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Prep” aspired to be (i.e., a smart, discerning book about school years) Ms. Sullivan introduces strong, warmly believable three-dimensional characters who have fun, have fights and fall into intense love affairs, sometimes with one another. Smith’s feathers may be ruffled by the candor with which Ms. Sullivan describes campus life.MORE
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