The Terrible Girls
January 2001
Trade Paperback · 136 Pages
$11.95 U.S. · $14.50 CAN · £7.99 U.K. · €8.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872862661
City Lights Publishers
Trade Paperback · 136 Pages
$11.95 U.S. · $14.50 CAN · £7.99 U.K. · €8.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780872862661
City Lights Publishers
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Description
The girls on the prowl in The Terrible Girls are indeed terrible—relentless in love, ruthless in betrayal. These thematically linked stories depict a contemporary Gothic world in which body parts are traded for love, wounds never heal, and self-sacrifice is often the only way out.
About the Author
Rebecca Brown is the author of a dozen books of prose including THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, THE END OF YOUTH, THE DOGS, THE TERRIBLE GIRLS (City Lights) and THE GIFTS OF THE BODY (HarperCollins). She recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.