Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as "The Group." An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to w...Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as "The Group." An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to watch kay strong get married. After the ceremony, the women begin their adult lives: traveling to Europe, tackling the worlds of nursing and publishing, and finding love and heartbreak in the streets of New York city.