{"id":158,"date":"2012-04-12T23:36:04","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T23:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/?p=158"},"modified":"2014-03-11T00:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T00:42:53","slug":"the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"myoptions\">\r\n<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">By Stephen Chbosky<\/a><\/br>\r\n[myrating]\r\n<\/div><br \/>\nCharlie is a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>And while he&#8217;s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mix tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But he can&#8217;t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"homecomment\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"myoptions\">\n<a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">By Stephen Chbosky<\/a><\/br><br \/>\n[myrating]\n<\/div>\n<p>Charlie is a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>And while he&#8217;s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it.<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Read More ...<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-young-adult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicolatrwst.com\/thebelvedereliterarysociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}