When Property Of was first published in 1977, Kirkus Reviews described it as that precious commodity, the first novel of great promise.

In telling the story of a young outsider who is obsessed with her gang-leader lover but unwilling to commit to becoming one of the Property of the Orphans--the tough girls who belong to the boys on the avenue--Alice Hoffman explores hard truths about how difficult it is to love another, and yet how much more difficult it is to pull away.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 05/12/2009
ISBN: 9780374531836
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d