{"product_id":"juliet-the-maniac-9781685891275","title":"Juliet the Maniac","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, \u003ci\u003e Juliet the Maniac\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction ... Dazzling.\"--\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cult-favorite stylist holds nothing back in this darkly funny, unromantic look at the underbelly of coming-of-age and its brutal trials... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliet is a typical teenage girl--a little beast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLingering just underneath Southern California's sunny, sandy beach culture, one young woman struggles to survive herself as she hurtles through the mid 90's and tries to make sense of her on-and-off relationship with recovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuliet knows she should be poised for success. She knows her honors English teacher shouldn't be changing her grades from F's to C's out of pity, knows she shouldn't be snorting coke and chain-smoking at the Palms, knows she shouldn't be hallucinating shadowy, Joan-of-Arc-like messages from God. But there is something dark and violent inside of her fourteen-year-old heart that makes it impossible for Juliet to stop self-destructing. The two forced hospitalizations didn't help her, neither did the outpatient facility for gay, depressed art kids--maybe Redwood Trails therapeutic boarding school will? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her Didion-esque lens, Escoria\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the brutality of girlhood--its fleeting, toxic friendships, the monstrous ways anger transforms, and the constant feeling of being close to normal, but not normal at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685891275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Juliet Escoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43624110948533,"sku":"9781685891275","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f1a535ec-2e17-4aef-adca-011d80d5ca3b.jpg?v=1707800480","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/juliet-the-maniac-9781685891275","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}