This is the first time I've read this since back in the day, when it was frantically passed around school and everyone wanted to read it. Obviously now, in my thirties, it's not shocking to me or, one would hope, educational, but it was still an excellent read - maybe even more so now. It still feels like an important book, and a brave book. It's also very well-written, and moves along at a great pace. A classic. 
 Oh, and the concept of 'Ralph' is still as cringeworthy now as it was then. Why she didn't dump him at that point I will never know...