Girl Walking Backwards

Girl Walking BackwardsSkye wants what all teenagers want to survive high school. She lives in Southern California, though, which is making that difficult. Her mother has fallen victim to the pseudo New Age culture and insists on dragging her to consciousness raising workshops and hypnotists. As if this weren't difficult enough, Skye falls in love with Jessica, a troubled gothic punk girl who cuts herself regularly with sharp objects. When she finds her boyfriend having sex

Skye wants what all teenagers want--to survive high school. She lives in Southern California, though, which is making that difficult. Her mother has fallen victim to the pseudo-New Age culture and insists on dragging her to consciousness-raising workshops and hypnotists. As if this weren't difficult enough, Skye falls in love with Jessica, a troubled gothic punk girl who cuts herself regularly with sharp objects. When she finds her boyfriend having sex with Jessica in a bathroom stall at a rave, her romantic illusions collapse and she has to face the fact that she's been running away from her mother's insanity. Right when things look their worst though, Skye is helped by Mol, a pagan who becomes her true friend, and Lorri, a graceful volelyball player with whom she finds real love. From them she learns how to feel authentic emotions in a culture of poseurs and New Age charlatans. In this anti-coming-of-age novel, where growing up is irrelevant, this is the best gift of all.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 09/05/2000
ISBN: 9780312194567
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/1998 pg. 1151
Library Journal 09/01/1998 pg. 218
Publishers Weekly 09/07/1998 pg. 86
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 69