There are those who are popular. There are those who are outcasts. And there are those who must choose between the two. Megan Tuw has always been popular.
Walking Naked by Nina Bawden - Books - Hachette Australia
Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, "the Freak". But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky friendship. Megan then faces an uncomfortable choice: Perdita or the group?
Megan felt uncomfortable. Megan has to chose: the clique or the freak? I really like the writing style.
Laura is happily married, a mother and a successful novelist. Although she is prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. Walking Naked telescopes the whole of Laura's life- childhood, marriages, triumphs and disappointments- into a day in which the past and present converge. It begins with a game of tennis played for duty rather than amusement and progresses, via an afternoon party of old friends and jaded emotions, to a bewildering visit to Laura's son, imprisoned on a drugs' charge.