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A Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionAn InStyle Best Book of the YearA Refinery29 Best Book of the Year By the end of high...
A Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
An InStyle Best Book of the Year
A Refinery29 Best Book of the Year By the end of high school, Bunny Lampert is 6'3 with the abs of a ninja turtle and the face of a boy angel. Her dad has chaotic salesman energy and her mom is dead. But from the outside, Bunny seems to have it all--she's blonde, rich, and an Olympic volleyball hopeful. Michael--who has a ponytail and a septum piercing, works at Rite-Aid, and has a secret Grindr--lives with his aunt in the cramped cottage next door to Bunny's McMansion. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. Their friendship is as improbable as it is irresistible, but when Michael falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny's futures. A beautiful and darkly comic book about doing things you didn't mean to do, wanting things you wish you didn't want, and loving people you can't afford to love.
Author: Rufi Thorpe
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780525567295
Audience: Young Adult
Award: PEN/Faulkner Award - Finalist
About the Author
Rufi Thorpe received her MFA from the University of Virginia in 2009. She is the author of Dear Fang, with Love and The Girls from Corona del Mar, which was long listed for the 2014 International Dylan Thomas Prize and for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and sons.
An InStyle Best Book of the Year
A Refinery29 Best Book of the Year By the end of high school, Bunny Lampert is 6'3 with the abs of a ninja turtle and the face of a boy angel. Her dad has chaotic salesman energy and her mom is dead. But from the outside, Bunny seems to have it all--she's blonde, rich, and an Olympic volleyball hopeful. Michael--who has a ponytail and a septum piercing, works at Rite-Aid, and has a secret Grindr--lives with his aunt in the cramped cottage next door to Bunny's McMansion. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. Their friendship is as improbable as it is irresistible, but when Michael falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny's futures. A beautiful and darkly comic book about doing things you didn't mean to do, wanting things you wish you didn't want, and loving people you can't afford to love.
Author: Rufi Thorpe
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780525567295
Audience: Young Adult
Award: PEN/Faulkner Award - Finalist
About the Author
Rufi Thorpe received her MFA from the University of Virginia in 2009. She is the author of Dear Fang, with Love and The Girls from Corona del Mar, which was long listed for the 2014 International Dylan Thomas Prize and for the 2014 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize. A native of California, she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and sons.