| Towelhead Contributor(s): Erian, Alicia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743285123 ISBN-13: 9780743285124 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: Erian's story of an impressionable yet resilient girl who must grow up against the backdrop of the Gulf War is mesmerizing--a coming-of-age tale that is at once brutally honest and unexpectedly hilarious. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.54" W x 8.26" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family - Demographic Orientation - Suburban - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The story of a girl failed by her parents and by a conflicted America, Towelhead is an ultimately redemptive and moving work that no one can afford to ignore. The year is 1991. When Jasira's mother finds out what has been going on between her boyfriend and her thirteen-year-old daughter, she has to make a choice--and chooses to send Jasira off to Houston, Texas, to live with her father. A remote disciplinarian prone to explosive rages, Jasira's father is unable to show his daughter the love she craves--and far less able to handle her feelings about her changing body. Bewildered by extremes of parental scrutiny and neglect, Jasira begins to look elsewhere for affection, but Saddam Hussein has invaded Kuwait, and high school has become a lonely place for a towelhead. When her father meets, and forbids her to see, her boyfriend, it becomes lonelier still. But there is always Mr. Vuoso -- a neighboring army reservist whose son Jasira babysits. Mr. Vuoso, as Jasira discovers, has an extensive collection of Playboy magazines. And he doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with Jasira's body at all. Painfully funny, tender, and sexually charged, Towelhead is that rare thing: a gloriously readable novel unafraid to take risks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Erian, Alicia: - Alicia Erian is the author of a short story collection, The Brutal Language of Love. Her work has appeared in Playboy, Zoetrope, Nerve, The Iowa Review, and other publications. This is her first novel. |