Request #250

 I picked up this book at a thrift store but lost it. I believe it was published in the 80s? I might be wrong but my mind says 84. But heck maybe it was the 60s, idk. I think the cover was mostly yellow. It’s about three girls going to an all-girl’s college. The three are put as roommates and try to make friends. It’s told in first person I think, through the eyes of the girl who’s kind of rich and a goody two shoes, but the main character is actually one of the roommates. I think Millie is her name? Again I might be wrong on that. The goody two shoes is kind of frustrated by one of the roommates who is very athletic and kind of rebellious. The roommate is a main character is poor, from a farm, already engaged to someone, and needs glasses but is too poor for them. I vaguely remember I think she had to go home for some reason near the end of the book? But the whole twist is that she is riding a bike on campus while the two other roommates stay in their dorm (or maybe in the library) and because she needs glasses, she isn’t able to properly see a car and gets hit on the bike and dies. I remember when the news is broken, the tough athletic rebellious girl throws up and the protagonist goes to get her some towels. I remember the farm girl as being more quiet and reserved. I think about the book from time to time and really need to know who it’s by. It’s a female author.

Suggestion from an anonymous Lost Classics reader: Tell Me if the Lovers are Losers by Cynthia Voigt.