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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 02/05/2007
ISBN: 9780156030939
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.28w x 0.77d