{"product_id":"maidenhead-9781552452592","title":"Maidenhead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the The Believer Book Award (2012)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Trillium Book Award (2013)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing and important novel, lying somewhere between the wilds of Judy Blume, \u003ci\u003eGirls Gone Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, and Michel Foucault. It's a thrilling, brilliant, and really hot place to be.' -- Sheila Heti, \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a mangy beach in Key West, sixteen-year-old Myra meets Elijah, a Tanzanian musician twice her age. Trapped on a Spring Break family vacation, Myra longs to lose her virginity to Elijah, and is shocked to learn he lives with Gayl, a secretive, violent woman with a strange power over him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Myra and her splitting-up family return home, she falls in with a pot-smoking anarchist crowd. But when Gayl and Elijah follow her north, she walks willingly into their world, engaging in more and more abject sexual games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Myra enters unfamiliar worlds of sex, porn, race and class, she explores territories unknown in herself. \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e traverses the desperate, wild spaces of a teenage girl's self-consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire Books of the Yr\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tamara Faith Berger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040274546869,"sku":"9781552452592","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f95e1497-2f9c-4658-ac80-85f1f07a680c.jpg?v=1689088425","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/maidenhead-9781552452592","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}