Scapegrace, n.: A mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascalFive teenage girls share everything: clothes, hopes, fears, and secrets. But the world is changing as fast as the girls and the group fragments, stirring frightening but exhilarating forces. Gina is accused of arson, her brother Johnny of dealing drugs. Rose frets over her awakening desires. Alice is disturbed by mysterious spirits. Cora flaunts herself recklessly, and Ellie knows there is more to growing up than all of this. Twenty-one years later, Alice—the center of this group of 70s bad girls—gives up her struggle to conform and returns home to attempt to find her lost friends, map her own identity, and make sense of the intense heat she ran from all those years ago. Jackie Gay's first novel is a tenderly sardonic account of growing up in the wrong—a fiery mixture of desire, conflict, and hard-won outlaw pride.

Scapegrace

Literature & Fiction

Jackie Gay

Genre Fiction

Tindal Street

Stylish, witty stories from women writers told with an energy that will dazzle and delightThis bold, sharp-eyed anthology casts a crystalline light on contemporary lives. Aligning modern dilemmas with ancient themessuch as fertility, loneliness, and survivalAli Smith, Liza Cody, Amy Prior, Helen Cross, and many more fresh, unsung voices present 21 majestic stories that illuminate the courage of everyday people. There's Melody, more of a tart than a sophisticate, who escapes to sunshine with her teacher’s baby; an unlikely wedding breakfastshared peaches by the roadside on a bright June morning; two African sisters who are displaced to a "little England" boarding school; and a teenage boy who catches sight of love while tending his grandmother's garden, among others. Celebrate adventures of the spirit with the everyday splendor of Her Majesty.

Her Majesty: 21 Stories by Women

Short Stories & Anthologies

Tindal st Pr Ltd

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