The New Girls is a 1979 novel by American author Beth Gutcheon.
The novel, which describes the experiences of five young women in 1960s America, [1] was based on Gutcheon's experiences at Miss Porter's School. [2] Some characters experience anorexia over the course of the novel. [3] It also describes the head of school's adverse reaction to the use of the term " diaphragm" in a student play. [4]
Spieler likens it to works such as The Secret History, Gilmore Girls, and Gossip Girl, as all these texts revolve around an outsider entering into an elite boarding school environment. [5]
Lisa Birnbach, in a follow-up to The Official Preppy Handbook, includes The New Girls on "the true prep master reading list". [6]