Awards

• Commended for Lambda Literary Awards (Lesbian Fiction) 2006
• Commended for Stonewall Book Award (Literature) 2007

Overview

"Brimming with snarky observations and soulful musings on contemporary teenage America, this is Michelle Tea's thrilling coming-of-age tale about a lonely girl lost in the wild kingdom of mall culture. Fourteen-year-old Trisha Driscoll is a gender-blurring, self-described loner whose family expects nothing of her. While her mother lies on the couch in a hypochondriac haze and her sister aspires to be on The Real World, Trisha struggles to find her own place among the neon signs, theme restaurants, and cookie-cutter chain stories of her hometown. After being hired and abruptly fired from Ohmigod! -- the most popular clothing shop at the Square One Mall -- Trisha befriends a chain-smoking misfit named Rose and her life shifts into manic over-drive. Told through Trisha's voice -- both cynical and naïve -- ""Rose of No Man's Land"" is at once a whirlwind exploration of drop-outs, tattoos, and drugs, and the heart-pounding love story of two atypical girls."

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9781596921603

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.,. impossible to put down...Trisha is a raucous observer of everything from mall culture minutiae to her sister's reality TV dreams. Nothing gets by her. <br>- People Magazine <br> Rose is balls-out from the start...Tea's writing is raw, funny, and tragic, but never forced. Her memoirist's eye yields fiction that reads true. Grade: A- <br>- Entertainment Weekly (Critics Pick) <br> Trisha Driscoll has more adventures in one day than most of us do all year. When the 14-year-old vows to make a friend, she never imagines it'll be Rose, a chains-smoking mall rat who introduces her to the scary world of hitchhiking and first love. <br>- Teen People <br> [Tea] follows the snarky and disillusioned 14-year-old Trisha as she learns about life, love, and getting out of the house. <br>- Ms. Magazine

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"Michelle Tea lives in San Francisco, where she is beloved for her writing, her spoken word, and her innovative arts organization that brought the world ""Sister Spit."" Her published books include Rent Girl, The Chelsea Whistle, and Valencia. She loves like, really loves beauty products."""

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