Girl's Girl

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“[A] lustrous debut . . . Feldman brings an Austenian attentiveness to the foibles of suburban adolescence. . . . This is not a story about the great rupture of coming out, but a more nuanced look at how young lovers must invent their own kinds of courtship, in ways both universal and specifically queer. . . . The pleasure of Girl’s Girl is that it reveals the invisible jealousies, affections and gnawing needs lurking at the edge of so many seemingly trivial images of young womanhood.”—Sanjena Sathian, The New York Times Book Review

“Modern yet nostalgic, this is a story that will have you reminiscing and thinking critically about girlhood, gossip, group dynamics and intimacy.”—KQED

“Blurring the lines between friendship and romance, real life and its digital representations (selfies, the Sims), this intimate portrait of contemporary American girlhood traces the shifting relationships between three 15-year-olds over one sweltering Ohio summer.”—The New York Times

“Summer leaps off every page in Feldman’s carefully crafted coming-of-age novel. So many teenage novels capture the moments, but Feldman captures the essence of when the world seems limitless, and your mistakes are equally catastrophic as they are meaningless. Feldman simply gets it.”—Debutiful

“Set in one summer in the suburban Midwest, this coming-of-age debut novel follows 15-year-old Mina, whose life revolves around her two best friends, a dynamic swiftly and thoroughly rocked by an unexpected queer kiss. Friendship and desire become all tangled up in this exploration of girlhood.”—Autostraddle

“Girl’s Girl is the novel I’ve been waiting for, the one that proves the project of literature is not over. New and profound depths of the heart are waiting to be captured by the written word, and Sonia Feldman is unafraid to reach for them. She does so beautifully, generously, and on every single page.”—Maggie Thrash, author of Rainbow Black

“Mothers, friends, and lovers; friends that are maybe also lovers; lovers who might not be able to be friends again—Girl’s Girl covers some of the richest ground of girlhood but also of being alive: the complexity and yearning, the fear and hunger, the thrill and delicacy of first love.”—Lynn Steger Strong, author of The Float Test

“Girl’s Girl is a vibrant shot of summer, a heated and tender story about girlhood, friendship, crushes, and love.”—Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb

“Poignant, funny—an intoxicating debut about girls teetering on the edge of womanhood that will hook you from the first page until the gorgeous and moving final lines”—Kristin Koval, author of Penitence

“[Drops] readers deep into the psyche of a teenage girl. Mina’s conflicting emotions and thoughts are rendered in beautiful prose, which limns the complexities of girlhood friendships—and just how fraught they can be—with sensitivity and piercing insight.”—Booklist