{"product_id":"9780312263287","title":"Girls on the Verge : Debutante Dips, Drive-bys, and Other Initiations","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGirls on the Verge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Vendela Vida\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's\u003ci\u003e Girls on the Verge \u003c\/i\u003eexplores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush—she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the \"quince\" (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plunge—some of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various rituals—rituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Vida has written a thoroughly enjoyable book . . . well-reported and entertaining.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vida is a good writer, and clearly feels an affinity . . . with her subjects.” —\u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312263287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656565305550,"sku":"9780312263287","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_84baef6e-39dd-45c6-9c5c-c7c9dad1908a.jpg?v=1639450397","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312263287","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}