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===Literature=== *''[[A Stranger Is Watching (novel)|A Stranger Is Watching]]'': The main character's murdered wife Nina grew up in a wealthy Philadelphia Main Line Family. In the book, it mentions that Nina went to Bryn Mawr College. *''Blackbird Sisters'', mystery novels by Nancy Martin *''[[Bobos in Paradise]]'', by [[David Brooks (journalist)|David Brooks]] *''[[Official Preppy Handbook]]'', by Lisa Birnbach *The ''[[Pretty Little Liars (book series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'' series, by [[Sara Shepard]], which uses the fictional Main Line suburb of Rosewood as its setting. *''Pterodactyls'', by [[Nicky Silver]]. The play is set in a Main Line house. *''[[Song of Solomon (novel)|Song of Solomon]]'', by [[Toni Morrison]]. The character First Corinthians is educated at Bryn Mawr College. *''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', by [[J.D. Salinger]]. Valley Forge Military Academy (where Salinger attended for two years) is the basis for Pencey Prep. Additionally, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, believes Jane Gallagher to have gone to [[The Shipley School|Shipley]], a Main Line private school. *''[[The It Girl (novel series)|The It Girl]]'', by [[Cecily von Ziegesar]] *''[[The Lovely Bones]]'', by [[Alice Sebold]] *''[[Curtis Sittenfeld#The Man of My Dreams|The Man of My Dreams]]'', by [[Curtis Sittenfeld]] *''[[The Badge of Honor Series]]'', by [[W.E.B. Griffin]]. The main character, Matt Payne, is from Merion. *''[[Americanah]]'', by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]. The main character gets assaulted by a tennis coach in Ardmore and subsequently works as a nanny on the Main Line (possibly Merion)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksie.com/posting/iranwo-ewejobi/book-review-of-chimamanda-adichies-americanah-334757|title=Book Review of Chimamanda Adichie's Americanah}}</ref> *''[[Luckiest Girl Alive]]'', by Jessica Knoll, which uses the Main Line and the fictional Bradley School, based on [[Shipley School|The Shipley School]], as its setting<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/books/luckiest-girl-alive-author-jessica-knoll-makes-a-revelation.html|title=Jessica Knoll Reveals the Rape Behind Her Novel, 'Luckiest Girl Alive'|last=Alter|first=Alexandra|date=2016-03-29|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-07-01}}</ref> *''[[The Ginger Barnes Main Line Mysteries]]'', by Donna Huston Murray, take place in the Philadelphia Main Line. * ''That Summer'' by Jennifer Weiner
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