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DC Trip Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Sara Benincasa (Author, Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 135 ratings
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Alicia Deats is a new teacher chaperoning her very first high school trip to Washington, DC, and nothing could be more terrifying than a class full of horny, backstabbing, boundary-pushing teenagers under her watch. To make matters worse, she embarrassed herself with her cochaperone Bryan Kenner with one too many margaritas and an ill-placed vomiting incident at last year's teacher mixer and is hoping this trip can be a fresh start for them. Alicia believes in positive reinforcement and trust to keep her students out of trouble, but best friend high school sophomores Gertie, Sivan, and Rachel have a different idea: They plan to take full advantage of the unparented freedom that a trip to DC offers. DC Trip by novelist-comedian Sara Benincasa is an honest and irreverent journey of sexual confusion, bar shots, drag queens, and pot cookies in the Rose Garden.

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  1. Listening Length
    6 hours and 31 minutes
  2. Author
    Sara Benincasa
  3. Narrator
    Sara Benincasa
  4. Audible release date
    January 10, 2017
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Random House Audio
  7. ASIN
    B01N2TZU44
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 6 hours and 31 minutes
Author Sara Benincasa
Narrator Sara Benincasa
Audible.com Release Date January 10, 2017
Publisher Random House Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01N2TZU44
Best Sellers Rank #381,685 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#3,289 in Coming of Age Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#4,531 in Humorous Fiction & Satire
#12,244 in Women's Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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J. Edgar Mihelic, MA, MA, MBA
5.0 out of 5 stars Man Up, and Read This Book
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016
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I bought this because I follow the author on Twitter.

I have bought several books because of twitter people. It has been, let me tell you, hit or miss.

I thought I would try this one out though I had the idea it wasn’t really my demographic. I thought it was YA (The author was nice enough to talk to me a bit on twitter after I had read it and disabused me of the notion that the book was YA – just because it was about teenagers mostly, it wasn’t necessarily YA).

The thing is that genre classifications here don’t really matter. It’s a good book, full stop. The story is some kids from Jersey go to DC and find themselves. It could be the recipe for formulaic emptiness, but of the four main characters of the book, they are deep and interesting and you care about their growth and development. You end up rooting for them. It is well paced to the point it feels a bit cinematic with a larger arc with some smaller embedded arcs. If it is not on its way to being a movie yet, it should be.

My only worry is that some of the secondary characters are a little flat. The love interests are one-dimensional, and the rivals of the central group of girls are a bit stereotypical, but the central characters are so strong so this both erases that to me (even if the secondary flatness is only visible because of direct comparison to these central characters – it’s a paradox). This is a definite recommendation on my part, even if you may not think it is your demographic, it is. The last time I really felt this way was 12 year ago, reading the great Julianna Baggott’s “Girl Talk” in its bright pink cover.
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terikcmo
4.0 out of 5 stars funny with disclaimers
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2020
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I liked the overall book. My personal preference is not to have current political views in my romance novels. or specifics anyway. I feel it takes away from the story, as well as limited the book for future readers.
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DL Anderson
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Teen Novel for Adults
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021
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The story, though a bit off beat, was different. The characters -though a bit more tike there actions of kids a year or two older - were reminiscent of my eldest daughter.
I was a bit turned off by the language. Of course, I'm several generations older, but still, it went beyond any margin I heard can the barracks.
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J. T. Gotsick
5.0 out of 5 stars Unrealistically independent and happy teens party their way through a class trip. Still made me smile.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2015
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I found this a cute and enjoyable read, although it's probably a bit too debauched to be enjoyed by some readers, and a little too sappy to be considered great literature. It's strength is its depiction of the emotional turmoil and relationships between the characters, it's weakness is the endless series of happy coincidences and endings to situations that just as easily could turn into disasters. I wish some parts of the world were as depicted in this story, but I have been around too long to sustain that fantasy. It was an enjoyable diversion, however.
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Jen Wells
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly funny
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2016
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I truly enjoyed reading this book. I found out about it in a magazine and thought why not! I love the teacher perspective and also the stories that the teens had. I'm not sure that they actually have the clarity of themselves and each other after only three days but it was a very funny and fast read. I actually saw myself and my two great friends trying to sneak out if we had gone on one of those class trips.
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Kristina M. Natividad
4.0 out of 5 stars It was an easy read and a fun story to get lost in ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2016
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Cute story, but a little to predictable and cliche at times. It was an easy read and a fun story to get lost in while I was on the plane chaperoning a student trip to DC!!
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El nerd
2.0 out of 5 stars Judy Blume meets Mean Girls
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2016
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Mildly entertaining but mostly disappointing. It was basically Mean Girls Go to Washington, with some Are you there God it's me Margaret type introspection.
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Kristin M. Petersen
5.0 out of 5 stars You were SO obnoxious Mom!
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016
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The morning after I started reading DC Trip my twelve year old daughter told me that I was "so obnoxious" because I was laughing so loudly that I woke her up several times. If you want to read a fun, irreverent story reminiscent of high school crushes, authority and grown ups past and present then this is for you! I'll be first in line to see the movie.
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