Not What I Expected-- Even Better!

When I lived with my buddy Nancy Lou, her son and daughter-in-law and their little daughter lived Morning Side Heights on the Upper West Side. Their daughter went to St. Hilda's and St. Hugh's, then to Spence then to Emory. So to me, a lower-than-average-smart, very middle class suburbanite, I found stories from their lives fascinating.
When I saw Primates of Park Avenue, I thought for sure it would be a fun, guilty-pleasure tell-all kinda book.  And that was great!  But it was SO much more.  Now this book is set on the Upper East Side, and there are so many opinions about which better, and for what reasons.  Just google UES vs UWS to see.
The title wasn't meant to just be provocative, it really IS a primate study, told through a semi-academic lens.  I say "semi" because the author, Wednesday Martin, whom I liked immediately admits she is not a trained anthropologist. Of course there has been controversy over the book.  But all I can say is, I really, really enjoyed this book.