Yearning for Nothings and Nobodies - Paperback

by Rachael Biggs (Author)

A story about wanting change so badly your teeth itch. When an eleven-year-old girl finds her drug-addicted and mentally ill mother after a seven year separation, she hopes the yearning can finally cease. Instead, a cycle of painfully familiar longing envelops her, until she is freed by losing what she never had. Darkly humorous tales of dropping acid with the town pedophile, playing pool with gun-toting pimps and spending time in Japanese prison cells with strippers and refugees, are sewn together with poignant emotion in this edgy but relatable coming of age story.

Author Biography

Rachael Biggs is a Canadian-born author living and writing in Los Angeles, where she studied creative writing at UCLA. At the age of seven, her short story "How Giraffes Got Their Long Necks" won first place in a regional writing contest and destiny was set in motion. This is her first novel.