- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (3 April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671897071
- ISBN-13: 978-0671897079
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 293,110 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Welcome to the world of Portland teenager Andrea Marr, the bold, sexy, shy, often confused but always resilient heroine of Girl. Told in a voice that reads like the intimate diary of a young woman about to take life on full throttle, this wonderful debut novel chronicles Andrea's jittery journey from suburban mall to Portland's thriving underground rock scene - and back again, as she discovers sex, betrayal, and even love. A Catcher in the Rye for the "Grunge" generation, this instant classic will speak to anyone who has ever had to choose between the suffocation of conformity and the perils of rebellion.
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It was October of my sophomore year and it was raining and I was sitting in my room with my geometry homework watching it get dark outside. Read the first page
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It was October of my sophomore year and it was raining and I was sitting in my room with my geometry homework watching it get dark outside. Read the first page
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
WOW! What a book. The film, might i add, is just as good. This is the kind of book you laugh and cry with. It hurts, it's funny, and most of all it bears the most pure truth i've ever read. The kind of truth that makes you question the way you're living your life, and the things that you
are doing with it.
Simply inspirational.
A MUST!
~rox.
are doing with it.
Simply inspirational.
A MUST!
~rox.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This novel brought out all of my emotions whilst reading it. It made me happy, made me laugh but most of all made me cry. The story behind the story is beautiful. It reflects on the struggles of being a teenage girl. This novel shows just how much pressure there is out there for us and how there are so many temptations to try certain things. It portreys how things can change people and just how easily effected teenagers are by drugs, sex e.t.c. All I can say about this novel is that it is simply beautiful and that any teenager, whatever their sex, should read it.
Format:Paperback
Girl is the diary of a narcissistic American high school, she is obsessed with being the coolest girl but by being cool in an alternative way. However she misses the point totally and as she makes very little progression (apart from loosing her virginity) through the book it is hard to know whether this is deliberate or not. It is written in a typically stereotypical American high school student way, this is clever but it gets more and more annoying though the book. Saying this though it did occupy me for a couple of wet afternoons as it is easy to read.
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The thing that was so beautiful about this book was that it was like it was written about me. I kept it under my pillow and read it every night carefully in a way, hoping to find... Read more
Published on 23 May 2004 by "loststarfish"
the best book for teenagers
There are so many books that try to tell what teenage life is like. This one is the best. The characters are so real they are like your best friends. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2003
awesome indie rock scene
dude this book is about this chick that hangs out and loses her dork friends and then gets in with these local indie rocker types and falls in love with this guy and then her... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2001
You must read this book!
This book is amazing. I can totally relate to the main character, Andrea, and her difficulties, being trapped between conformity and individuality. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2000
FULL OF SEX AND DRUGS BUT ABOUT A LOT MORE THAN THAT!
I have read and re-read this book over and over so many times, when I was 16 and had the book in school I had th book taken off me by a teacher, who read the book and told me it... Read more
Published on 3 July 2000
Don't watch the film !
It's hard how to describe this book. It's the fictional autobiography of one girl which really begins as she turns 18 and learns of the real world, although for us to fully... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2000
Excellent!!!!
This book is an excellent piece of work by Blake Nelson. Every teenage girl could relate to to her as I'm sure they had gone through at least one stage of the stages she had been... Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2000
Great great great
This is one of the best books ever. I related to everything about Andrea Marr. When I finished I cried because I felt like I lost a friend.
Published on 23 Nov 1999
This book is brilliant!
I fully recommend it to all My-so-called-life fans because it is really funny and touching and you can totally identify with all of Andrea's angst.
Published on 7 July 1999
Young Girl discovers sex drugs and rock and roll v.cliched
I thought this was a good book. Although it was quite cliched you are really taken in to the main character - Andrea Marr's life. Read more
Published on 25 Jun 1999
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