Blueprints for Building Better Girls

Written by Elissa Schappell

Narrated by Julia Whelan

Elissa Schappell returns with a dazzling collection of short stories.--Elissa Schappell's book delves into the lives of an eclectic cast of archetypal female characters, including the high school tramp, the party girl, the reluctant mother, and the anorexic daughter, twisting the preconceived notions of who these women are, offering surprising revelations into the nature of female identity and how it evolves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Sep 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781666586541

Elissa Schappell

Elissa Schappell writes the "Hot Type" cohmm for Vanity Fair and is a founding editor of the new literary magazine Tin House. She received her MFA from the Creative Writing Program at New York University. She has been a senior editor at The Paris Review and has contributed to numerous magazines, including GQ, Vogue, Bomb, Bookforum, and Spin. She lives in Brooklyn.