{"product_id":"the-torn-skirt-9780061567100","title":"The Torn Skirt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Rebecca Godfrey, author of UNDER THE BRIDGE - now streaming on Hulu, starring Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough - a fierce and tender portrait of two weeks in the life of a troubled teenager.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Torn Skirt\u003c\/em\u003e is a hot book, a thrilling romance of teen rage and longing \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003elike S.E. Hinton's \u003cem\u003eThe Outsiders\u003c\/em\u003e, except about girls.\" -- Mary Gaitskill, author of \u003cem\u003eThis is Pleasure \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBad Behavior\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGodfrey, Rebecca:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRebecca Godfrey is an award-winning novelist and journalist. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Torn Skirt\u003c\/em\u003e, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Her second book, \u003cem\u003eUnder The Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e, an investigation into the Reena Virk case, was a \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003eBook of the Year, and received the B.C. Award for Canadian Nonfictionand The Arthur Ellis Award for Nonfiction. Born in Toronto, and raisedin Victoria, she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50606442774802,"sku":"9780061567100","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_40247bbf-b60e-4c0b-a2b2-7b7317ca7b19.jpg?v=1732294251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-torn-skirt-9780061567100","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}