The Torn Skirt: A Novel
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“The Torn Skirt is a hot book, a thrilling romance of teen rage and longing -- like S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, except about girls.” — Mary Gaitskill, author of Two Girls, Fat and Thin
At Mt. Douglas (a.k.a. Mt. Drug) High, all the girls have feathered hair, and the sweet scent of Love's Baby Soft can't hide the musk of raw teenage anger, apathy, and desire. Sara Shaw is a girl full of fever and longing, a girl looking for something risky, something real. Her only possible salvation comes in the willowy form of the mysterious Justine, the outlaw girl in the torn skirt. The search for Justine will lead Sara on a daring odyssey into an underworld of hookers and johns, junkies and thieves, runaway girls and skater boys, and, ultimately, into a violent tragedy.
Rebecca Godfrey
Rebecca Godfrey (1967–2022) was an award-winning novelist and journalist. Her books include The Torn Skirt, finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize; the award-winning true crime story Under the Bridge, the inspiration behind a Hulu limited series starring Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough as Rebecca Godfrey; and her final novel Peggy, a fictionalized account of Peggy Guggenheim’s coming of age. Godfrey earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and taught writing at Columbia University. She lived with her husband and daughter in upstate New York.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5ಜಾಟ್ಕ ಸುರುಸ್ತಿನಿ
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5this is my favourite book, period. if you've ever felt lost with a feverish pull towards rooftop freedom, you will absolutely love this book. fast-paced and with lyrical prose it will capture your heart.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Sara's sick of her small town and her life there. Things don't really get interesting for her until a chance encounter with an outlaw girl named Justine which leads Sara into the underground world of drug deals, junkies, and prostitutes.