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false <![CDATA[Girly]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167271841m/19624.jpg 19624 1 “Sharp, smart, and on the edge—Girly breaks all of the rules, deliciously.” –Hannah Tinti, author of Animal Crackers Girly is Elizabeth Merrick’s acclaimed first novel, an epic exploring the realm of women’s spirituality and sexuality through the saga of Hart family that Tom Perrotta calls "an ambitious and moving first novel, an intimate family epic." Racinda Hart survives her fundamentalist Christian upbringing and the tumult of her wild and dangerous older sister, Ruth. When Ruth disappears, Racinda rejects the Jesus of her rural Pennsylvania childhood to rush headlong into her sexuality and ultimately the exploits of a California rock band. Unmoored, and encountering several captivating adventuresses along the way, Racinda must discover the truth about her mother’s and her grandmother’s lives, as well as her own. From a goddess who keeps an eye out for Racinda, to Racinda herself, Girly’s seven narrative voices form an intimate, lyrical journey into an irresistible world. "In Girly, Elizabeth Merrick has rewritten the dictionary on desire of the female kind. A tasty, must-read debut!"--Holiday Reinhorn Merrick, the editor of the forthcoming Random House anthology THIS IS NOT CHICK LIT, recently explained the genesis of this underground sensation of a novel: "I wanted to read an epic, thoughtfully-written novel about the undercurrents of spirituality and sexuality I was hearing in Bjork, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey, Sleater Kinney. That book didn’t exist, I couldn’t find it at the bookstore. So I wrote it." 20848 13 12 2005 Girly total:17|5:1|4:5|3:3|2:4|1:4| 17 46 45 3 1 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 11:35:40 -0800 2007 Fri Jan 04 05:39:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 18 13:34:19 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 30 14:21:06 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 28 13:58:52 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:16:14 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 19:21:58 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 14:15:56 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:15:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 16 08:32:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 08:32:05 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Mon Aug 10 12:20:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 10:26:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:20:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 12:08:31 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 12:08:31 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sat Mar 14 05:24:30 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 10:06:47 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 05:24:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 18:57:53 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 18:57:53 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Feb 26 12:17:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 12:17:32 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 12 06:48:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 06:48:30 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 20 18:44:27 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 18:44:31 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 30 20:10:20 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 20:10:22 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Oct 30 18:23:29 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 10:35:34 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 19 13:42:15 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 13:42:15 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Sep 08 18:38:28 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 18:38:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 09 23:08:11 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 23:08:11 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 30 19:47:28 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 19:47:28 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 27 05:24:16 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 05:24:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Jul 17 13:19:30 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 13:19:30 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=19624