Dirt

New York Times Editor's Choice

Twenty-two-year-old Galen lives with his emotionally dependent mother in a secluded house outside Sacramento, surviving on the family's trust fund--money that his aunt, Helen, and seventeen-year-old cousin, Jennifer, are determined to get their hands on. A New Age believer who considers himself an old soul, Galen yearns for transformation but is powerless to stop the manic binges that overtake him. He dreams of shedding his clinging mother and is obsessed with thoughts of the boldly flirtatious Jennifer. But when the family takes a trip to a cabin in the Sierras, Galen discovers just how far he will go to attain the transcendence he craves.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/23/2013
ISBN: 9780062121073
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 05/19/2013 pg. 28