{"product_id":"maidenhead-9781552452592","title":"Maidenhead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the The Believer Book Award (2012)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Trillium Book Award (2013)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e is a mesmerizing and important novel, lying somewhere between the wilds of Judy Blume, \u003ci\u003eGirls Gone Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, and Michel Foucault. It's a thrilling, brilliant, and really hot place to be.' -- Sheila Heti, \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a mangy beach in Key West, sixteen-year-old Myra meets Elijah, a Tanzanian musician twice her age. Trapped on a Spring Break family vacation, Myra longs to lose her virginity to Elijah, and is shocked to learn he lives with Gayl, a secretive, violent woman with a strange power over him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Myra and her splitting-up family return home, she falls in with a pot-smoking anarchist crowd. But when Gayl and Elijah follow her north, she walks willingly into their world, engaging in more and more abject sexual games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Myra enters unfamiliar worlds of sex, porn, race and class, she explores territories unknown in herself. \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e traverses the desperate, wild spaces of a teenage girl's self-consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2614422\"\u003eTamara Faith Berger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155245259X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC005000\"\u003eErotica | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara Faith Berger was born in Toronto. She wrote porn stories for a living and attempted to make dirty films before publishing her first book, \u003ci\u003eLie with Me\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1999. In 2001, \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Whore\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eA Woman Alone at Night\u003c\/i\u003e in the U.S.), her second book, was published. In 2004, \u003ci\u003eLie with Me\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a film. \u003ci\u003eMaidenhead\u003c\/i\u003e is her third book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45863587709103,"sku":"9781552452592","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_3bd7f380-6225-46f1-9466-d69d5c28ff3d.jpg?v=1758900759","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/maidenhead-9781552452592","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}