Part 2: Marsha; Chapters 4-11: Marsha, Sandy's Ambition, Marsha Zelenko, An Eveing at the Zelenkos', The Uncle, The Bar-Mitzva, Mr. Klabber, Noel Airman Summary

Chapter 4 finds Marjorie in the heat of the New York summer, taking acting classes at NYU and Columbia. Sandy has returned to his previous girlfriend, and Marjorie's mother arranges for a stay at the lovely Prado resort, because she learns that Sandy and his parents are there as well. Marjorie, though livid with her mother, is, nonetheless, pleased that Sandy seems to have a renewed interest in her.

By the end of her Prado vacation, Marjorie remains in a quandary between Sandy and George. Sandy, it appears, has not the ambition of his Columbia classmates, his grades are mediocre, certainly not...