Pride and Privilege They are the other needy: well-heeled women who court the approval of their housekeepers: ambivalent pampered girlfriends and wives who exhaust the patience of men: impudent, whiny young girls panicked by untamable tears: solitary high achievers licking their wounds.
Set in locales ranging from a gated playground in Manhattan to the souks of Marrakech. Caitlin Macy's laser-sharp story collection, Spoiled (Random House), probes the heartbreak of high expectactions, the self-hatred that can go hand in hand with a ferocious sense of entitlement. Read it and squirm.
