Rose of No Man's Land

Fourteen-year-old Trisha Driscoll is a gender-blurring, self-described loner whose family expects nothing of her. While her mother lies on the couch in a hypochondriac haze and her sister aspires to be onThe Real World,Trisha struggles to find her own place among the neon signs, theme restaushy;rants, and cookie-cutter chain stores of her hometown. After being hired and abruptly fired from the most popular clothing shop at the local mall, Trisha befriends a chain-smoking misfit named Rose, and her life shifts into manic overdrive. A "postmillennial, class-adjustedMy So-Called Life" (Publishers Weekly),Rose of No Man's Landis brimshy;ming with snarky observations and soulful musings on contemporary teenage America.

MICHELLE TEA is the author of Valencia, The Chelsea Whistle, and Rent Girl. She lives in San Francisco.