Rose of No Man's Land - by Michelle Tea & MacAdam Cage (Paperback)

About the Book

A whirlwind exploration of poverty and dropouts, "Rose of No Man's Land" is the world according to Trisha--a furious love story between two weirdo girls, brimming with snarky observations and soulful wonderings on the dazzle-flash emptiness of contemporary culture.

Book Synopsis

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 stores of her hometown.

After being hired and abruptly fired from the most popular clothing shop at the local mall, Trisha befriends a chain-smoking misfit named Rose, and her life shifts into manic overdrive. A "postmillennial, class-adjusted My So-Called Life" (Publishers Weekly), Rose of No Man's Land is brim­ming with snarky observations and soulful musings on contemporary teenage America.

From the Back Cover

"Rose of No Man s Land is both a riotously funny coming-of-age story and a poignant cautionary tale that smacks of there but for the grace of God heartbreak . . . Tea manages to balance Trisha s snarky edge with moments of a sweetly sad, naive vulnerability that beautifully capture those mercurial midteen years." The Boston Globe

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 stores of her hometown.

"Think Ghost World meets Catcher in the Rye with a little crank thrown in to keep it chugging along. We suggest you put it at the top of your list." Daily Candy

"A literary Molotov cocktail that is equal parts My So-Called Life, Thelma & Louise, and Twin Peaks. . . Tea takes the reader on a harrowing journey that highlights how truly terrifying and exhilarating it is to be a teenager." BUST Magazine

"A riotous coming-of-age novel do[es] for working-class teenage lesbians what S. E. Hinton s Rumble Fish and The Outsiders did for greasers and street-brawling tough guys." The New York Times Book Review

"What a miracle of a book."--BookForum

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

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND

"Rose [of No Man's Land] is balls-out from the start . . . Not for the faint of heart, Tea's writing is raw, funny, and tragic, but never forced. A-."--Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice)

"It made me entirely happy to be alive . . . This book is deliriously true. To its author I say: You brought the female inside out. It's such an incredible act. It feels like a first time . . . What a miracle of a book."--BookForum
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