The group

McCarthy�s most celebrated novel portrays the experiences of eight young women from Vassar College, Class of �33. As the story opens, they meet in New York City for the wedding of Kay, one of �the group.� The author then describes the lives, loves, and aspirations of these women until they reconvene seven years later in the same city for Kay�s funeral. �Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant� (Cosmopolitan).