Fierce fiction.Rose of No Man's Land * Michelle Tea * MacAdam macadam Form of pavement invented by John McAdam. McAdam's road cross-section consisted of a compacted subgrade of crushed granite or greenstone designed to support the load, covered by a surface of light stone to absorb wear and tear and shed water to the drainage ditches. Cage * $22 Saltier than shrimp ramen ra·men n. 1. A Japanese dish of noodles in broth, often garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables. 2. A thin white noodle served in this dish. , seedier than a Jerry Springer marathon, the home life of Trisha Driscoll--the loner heroine of Michelle Tea's excellent coming-of-age novel, Rose of No Man's Land--is so tacky and dispiriting dis·pir·it tr.v. dis·pir·it·ed, dis·pir·it·ing, dis·pir·its To lower in or deprive of spirit; dishearten. See Synonyms at discourage. [di(s)- + spirit.] Adj. that her older sister, Kristy, is taping it for her Real World application. Fourteen-year-old Trisha sleeps surrounded by beer bottles, her hypochondriac hypochondriac /hy·po·chon·dri·ac/ (-kon´dre-ak) 1. pertaining to the hypochondrium. 2. pertaining to hypochondriasis. 3. a person with hypochondriasis. mother lives on the couch On the Couch is an Australian television program formally broadcast on the Fox Footy Channel and it focuses on the current issues in the AFL. This is now broadcast on Fox Sports after the closure of Fox Footy Channel. The show airs on Monday night and is hosted by Gerard Healy. , and her mother's boyfriend uses Trisha's room to store stolen goods. As for Kristy, "she's been sticking that camera into everyone's face ... getting every sick and dysfunctional element onto video so that some stupid MTV person fascinated with white trash people will see that Kristy is the real thing, stick her on the show, and wait for her to say ignorant things to the black person and the gay person." Rose of No Man's Land follows Trisha through one transcendent day, in which she gains and loses a coveted job at Ohmigod!--the trendiest store in the mall--befriends a chain-smoking 15-year-old fry cook (who looks only 12) named Rose, and discovers the sharp-edged elixirs of sex and crystal meth. Though laced with the same caustic humor and lyricism that made Tea's Valencia a queer cult hit, this work is a departure: more reflective, less frenetic.--Regina Marler |
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