At 13, Rosie plays a gangly, pigeon-toed second fiddle to her juicy, sexy friend Simone. The two are junior tennis champs who often cart home trophies. But driven by the gnawing fear that she's a loser, Rosie starts to cheat. Meantime, boy-crazy Simone dabbles in off-court disaster. Up in the bleachers a weird loner named Luther obsessively follows Rosie's games, while at home her mother wrestles her own demons. Anne Lamott (Operating Instructions) has turned in a fair depiction of the blood and bones of adolescence that's thankfully leavened by sharp humor and transcendent moments. The novel is uneven and heavy-handed at times, but often rewarding. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Anne Lamott
Nasceu em São Francisco, Estados Unidos. Estudou no Goucher College, instituição especializada em artes e educação. Em 1980, publicou seu primeiro romance, Hard Laughter. Vencedora de um prêmio Guggenheim, deu aulas de redação na Universidade da Califórnia e ministrou diversas palestras em conferências sobre escrita.
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Califórnia, EUA