{"product_id":"juliet-the-maniac-paperback","title":"Juliet the Maniac - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuliet Escoria\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, \u003ci\u003e Juliet the Maniac\u003c\/i\u003e is a worthy new entry in that pantheon of deconstruction ... Dazzling.\"--\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cult-favorite stylist holds nothing back in this darkly funny, unromantic look at the underbelly of coming-of-age and its brutal trials... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJuliet is a typical teenage girl--a little beast.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLingering just underneath Southern California's sunny, sandy beach culture, one young woman struggles to survive herself as she hurtles through the mid 90's and tries to make sense of her on-and-off relationship with recovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuliet knows she should be poised for success. She knows her honors English teacher shouldn't be changing her grades from F's to C's out of pity, knows she shouldn't be snorting coke and chain-smoking at the Palms, knows she shouldn't be hallucinating shadowy, Joan-of-Arc-like messages from God. But there is something dark and violent inside of her fourteen-year-old heart that makes it impossible for Juliet to stop self-destructing. The two forced hospitalizations didn't help her, neither did the outpatient facility for gay, depressed art kids--maybe Redwood Trails therapeutic boarding school will? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her Didion-esque lens, Escoria\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the brutality of girlhood--its fleeting, toxic friendships, the monstrous ways anger transforms, and the constant feeling of being close to normal, but not normal at all.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuliet Escoria's debut novel \u003ci\u003eJuliet the Maniac\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) was named a \"best of\" book by Nylon, Elle, Buzzfeed, and others, and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Prize. Her poetry collection Witch Hunt and story collection Black Cloud were both listed in various best of the year roundups. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003ePrelude, VICE, The Fader, BOMB, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and currently lives in West Virginia, where she teaches English at a community college. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coming in June 2024 is \u003ci\u003eYou Are the Snake\u003c\/i\u003e from Soft Skull. \u003ci\u003eWitch Hunt and Black Cloud: New and Collected Works\u003c\/i\u003e from CLASH Books was published in November 2023.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763873317152,"sku":"9781685891275","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b397989523261d0c80d99540042b2be7.webp?v=1780240854","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/juliet-the-maniac-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}