Binding: Paperback
Description: Everyone is talking about American Girls! An AL a Booklist Top 10 First Novel A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best Y a Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016 A Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year 2016 A Bustle Best Y a Book of the Year Anna is a fifteen - year - old girl slouching toward adulthood and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles where her half - sister takes her in. But L a isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of L a and of America past and present. In Anna's singular voice we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B - list in L a but also a clear - eyed reflection on being young vulnerable lost and female in America in short on the B - list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls violence and which people society deems worthy of caring about which ones it doesn't in a way not often seen in Y a fiction. Messy honest and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. Becky Albertalli author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda An extraordinary book that shines a light on parts of the American experience we often overlook. Rich complex emotionally nuanced wise and layered. Jeff Zentner author of The Serpent King Funny sad often surprising and just damned authentic. emily m. danforth author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post A razor - sharp commentary on our culture observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. Kirkus starred review Bittersweet and true Anna's journey to self - discovery is one that should be widely read. AL a Booklist starred review Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers daughters and sisters. Publishers Weekly starred review
Title: American Girls A Novel
Author(s): Umminger Alison
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Barcode: 9781250133823
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/20/2017