Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities

Alexandra Robbins wanted to find out if the stereotypes about sorority girls were actually true, so she spent a year with a group of girls in a typical sorority. The sordid behavior of sorority girls exceeded her worst expectations -- drugs, psychological abuse, extreme promiscuity, racism, violence, and rampant eating disorders are just a few of the problems. But even more surprising was the fact that these abuses were inflicted and endured by intelligent, successful, and attractive women. Why is the desire to belong to a sorority so powerful that women are willing to engage in this type of behavior -- especially when the women involved are supposed to be considered 'sisters'? What definition of sisterhood do many women embrace? Pledged combines a sharp-eyed narrative with extensive reporting and the fly-on-the-wall voyeurism of reality shows to provide the answer.

Author: Alexandra Robbins
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 04/14/2004
Pages: 380
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.36w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9781401300463

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/02/2004 pg. 65
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2004 pg. 169
Booklist 03/01/2004 pg. 1130
People Weekly 04/12/2004 pg. 67
Vanity Fair 05/01/2004 pg. 94
Library Journal 04/15/2004 pg. 109
USA Today 05/24/2004 pg. 1
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2004 pg. 417
Books & Culture 03/01/2005 pg. 37

About the Author
Alexandra Robbins, winner of the prestigious 2014 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism, is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including Pledged and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth. She has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, New York Times, and other publications, and has appeared on numerous television shows from 60 Minutes to The Colbert Report.