{"product_id":"paulina-fran-9780062377340","title":"Paulina \u0026 Fran","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gorgeous book of nerve endings, Rachel B. Glaser's \u003cem\u003ePaulina \u0026amp; Fran\u003c\/em\u003e manages to capture the rawness and restlessness of youth, friendship, and artists in the making. She gets to the bone of those quixotic, beautiful years when everything matters, most things hurt, and you have no idea exactly who you are. I've never read anything quite like it.\" -- Christopher Bollen, author of \u003cem\u003eOrient\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA story of friendship, art, sex, and curly hair: an audaciously witty debut tracing the \u003cem\u003epas de deux\u003c\/em\u003e of lust and love between two young, uncertain, conflicted art students.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt their New England art school, Paulina and Fran both stand apart from the crowd. Paulina is striking and sexually adventurous--a self-proclaimed queen bee with a devastating mean-girl streak. With her gorgeous untamed head of curly hair, Fran is quirky, sweet, and sexually innocent. An aspiring painter whose potential outstrips her confidence, she floats dreamily through criticisms and dance floors alike. On a school trip to Norway, the girls are drawn together, each disarmed by the other's charisma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough their bond is instant and powerful, it's also wracked by complications. When Fran winds up dating one of Paulina's ex-boyfriends, an incensed Paulina becomes determined to destroy the couple, creating a rift that will shape their lives well past the halcyon days of art school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrackling with \u003cem\u003ebon mots \u003c\/em\u003eand knowing snapshots of that moment when the carefree cocoon of adolescence opens into the permanent, unknowable future, \u003cem\u003ePaulina \u0026amp; Fran\u003c\/em\u003e is both a sparkling dance party of a novel, and the debut novel of a writer with rare insight into the complexities of obsession, friendship, and prickly, ever-elusive love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlaser, Rachel B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRachel B. Glaser is the author of the story collection \u003cem\u003ePee On Water\u003c\/em\u003e and the poetry collection \u003cem\u003eMOODS\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a recipient of the \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e Amanda Davis Fiction Award, and her work has appeared in the anthologies \u003cem\u003e30 Under 30\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew American Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e has cited her as one of the \"Coolest Female Poets to Know Right Now.\" She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643220103442,"sku":"9780062377340","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f0285a2-b847-45b0-8221-08e1ddca8f50.jpg?v=1733080673","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paulina-fran-9780062377340","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}