Wunderkind | What Do I Read Next?

She’s Come Undone (1992), a novel by Wally Lamb, is a darkly humorous account of a woman forced to deal with the lifelong effects of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

‘‘Paul’s Case’’ (1905), a short story by Willa Cather, deals with a young man who, much like Frances in ‘‘Wunderkind,’’ longs to escape what he considers to be a ‘‘common’’ life.

Mary Bray Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia (1994) examines female adolescence in contemporary America. Pipher, a clinical psychologist, covers issues such as divorce, eating disorders, and...

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