| Title | : | Girly |
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| ISBN | : | 0976880105 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780976880103 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 524 |
| Publication | : | First published December 13, 2005 |
Girly is Elizabeth Merrick’s acclaimed first novel, an epic exploring the realm of women’s spirituality and sexuality through the saga of Hart family that Tom Perrotta calls "an ambitious and moving first novel, an intimate family epic."
Racinda Hart survives her fundamentalist Christian upbringing and the tumult of her wild and dangerous older sister, Ruth. When Ruth disappears, Racinda rejects the Jesus of her rural Pennsylvania childhood to rush headlong into her sexuality and ultimately the exploits of a California rock band. Unmoored, and encountering several captivating adventuresses along the way, Racinda must discover the truth about her mother’s and her grandmother’s lives, as well as her own.
From a goddess who keeps an eye out for Racinda, to Racinda herself, Girly ’s seven narrative voices form an intimate, lyrical journey into an irresistible world.
"In Girly , Elizabeth Merrick has rewritten the dictionary on desire of the female kind. A tasty, must-read debut!"--Holiday Reinhorn
Merrick, the editor of the forthcoming Random House anthology THIS IS NOT CHICK LIT, recently explained the genesis of this underground sensation of a
"I wanted to read an epic, thoughtfully-written novel about the undercurrents of spirituality and sexuality I was hearing in Bjork, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Sleater Kinney. That book didn’t exist, I couldn’t find it at the bookstore. So I wrote it."
Girly Reviews
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Depressing and about 200 pages too long. I'm slogging through because I'm just interested in enough in the characters to find out what happens; the author does create terrific characters, but she seems to have no idea what to do with them, so they just sit around and smoke, and drive around and drink, and whine and then feel guilty about whining. The author does an excellent job of portraying how trapped the characters feel, but I don't think that was the emotion she was aiming for in her readers.
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This book doesn't sound like anything new or original and I didn't feel any sympathy for the characters. As one reviewer said it was 200 pages too long. I think the only character that I actually liked was Button.
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this book is CRAZY brilliant. extremely epic. one of the most brutal and beautiful tales of growing up female i've ever read. the connections between mothers and daughters made here is astounding. love, love, love this book.
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Advance Reader Copy sitting in my shelves for three years, so here goes. I am 25 pages in. The writing is lovely and revealing.
