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Jigsaw Youth
Lose your best friend because you finally Came Out. Spend days driving aimlessly because there's nothing to do. Serve your rapist breakfast because you need your job. Fall asleep to gunshots and sirens because that's the only sense of home you've ever known. Hold hands with ghosts. Your life is in pieces, but you can't be broken. Wipe off the blood. Tired of being told who to be, what to wear, how to act and who to fuck. Break the rules and learn fast how to never get caught. All you need is nothing, but you're happy with your car, guitar and camera. Throwing around polaroids of tits like they're money, you swap stories about adventures and realize that we're all running away from something.
"Tiffany Scandal is one of the most exciting new voices to emerge in years. A deft, masterful mix of both bizarro and horror. I definitely can't wait to read what she writes next!" --Brian Keene, author of The Rising and Ghoul
"Powerful scenes, real characters, unforgettable images, and a climax that satisfies both the story and the reader simultaneously. Yes, yes, yes." --Laura Lee Bahr, author of Haunt
"The way Scandal writes would make Hemingway proud." --Horrornews.net
"Scandal has all the makings of a great storyteller." --JS Breukelaar, author of American Monster
"Tiffany Scandal is one of the most exciting new voices to emerge in years. A deft, masterful mix of both bizarro and horror. I definitely can't wait to read what she writes next!" --Brian Keene, author of The Rising and Ghoul
"Powerful scenes, real characters, unforgettable images, and a climax that satisfies both the story and the reader simultaneously. Yes, yes, yes." --Laura Lee Bahr, author of Haunt
"The way Scandal writes would make Hemingway proud." --Horrornews.net
"Scandal has all the makings of a great storyteller." --JS Breukelaar, author of American Monster
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First published March 15, 2015
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June 6, 2015
This is delicate. I think that Tiffany Scandal's JIGSAW YOUTH is probably the best novel I've read so far, this year, but having such a violent emotional reaction to a novel always leaves me perplex: am I reading too deep into this? Am I being creepy? After all, I'm not sure that hyper-rational bearded Canadian males were the target audience for that novel.
...yet, it worked me over like a freakin' steamroller...
...yet, it crushed me like a boulder falling down from heaven and I had to scramble to figure out why. JIGSAW YOUTH is an impressionstic tour-de-force, an intimate powerhouse that relies on pinpoint precision and emotional intensity in order to make its point. It featured some of the most patient, clever and accurate prose I've been given the privilege to read in a work of ficton in my humble career. I was reached and moved by stuff I never thought would ever move me.
Consider me a Tiffany Scandal evangelist, from now on. She is the real deal. She is a righteous, punk rock heir to Henry Rollins and Raymond Carver. Contemporary fiction had been jonesing for someone like Tiffany Scandal and consider now that she has arrived. JIGSAW YOUTH is a fantastic work of fiction. I do not understand why there isn't a bigger buzz around this novel.
...yet, it worked me over like a freakin' steamroller...
...yet, it crushed me like a boulder falling down from heaven and I had to scramble to figure out why. JIGSAW YOUTH is an impressionstic tour-de-force, an intimate powerhouse that relies on pinpoint precision and emotional intensity in order to make its point. It featured some of the most patient, clever and accurate prose I've been given the privilege to read in a work of ficton in my humble career. I was reached and moved by stuff I never thought would ever move me.
Consider me a Tiffany Scandal evangelist, from now on. She is the real deal. She is a righteous, punk rock heir to Henry Rollins and Raymond Carver. Contemporary fiction had been jonesing for someone like Tiffany Scandal and consider now that she has arrived. JIGSAW YOUTH is a fantastic work of fiction. I do not understand why there isn't a bigger buzz around this novel.
August 19, 2015
In a nutshell, I adored this book. What was it that pulled me in so much? The answers are simple. The writing was at all times genuine, raw and passionate. Add the way in which it was sequenced and as a whole, it pulled me away from the everyday, refusing to let go until it was finished.
September 9, 2018
Moving story about a young woman’s experiences as a queer Mexican-American growing up in Los Angeles and later moving to Portland. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, there is a melancholy thread throughout. The prose is very well-written, funny and conversational, but with enough literary ornamentation to keep your entire mind engaged as you read. Highly recommended.
May 28, 2015
Read 5/21/15 -5/27/15
3 Stars - Recommended to fans of gritty, punky, edgy, LGBTQ lit
Pages: 166
Publisher: Ladybox Books
Released: March 2015
Back in January, I helped fund Broken River Books' Year Two March Madness kickstarter. As a backer, I landed my choice of any three ebooks - future or past. Jigsaw Youth looked pretty rad, and it was being released through BRB's Ladybox imprint, so I jumped all over it.
Tiffany Scandal's sophmore novel is a gritty, punky little thing. If it had teeth, it'd be nibbling and gnawing at your fingers as you flipped the pages. It's a sweetly fierce collection of connected vigenettes that tell the semi-life story of Ella, a fledgling queer with a 'sperm donor dad' who has been-there-done-that and had it all done back to her, too.
The novel starts off with a bang, catching Ella knee-deep in a ratty relationship with this chick Hope. Hope is a hopeless cheater and Ella just keeps on taking her back until she absolutely can't take it anymore. I think we've all been in one of those relationships. You know the kind, where you know the person is no good for you, and no good to you, but you just can't ball up enough to walk away and you end up staying with them for much longer than is healthy.
"I was telling myself, Please don't do this. Just walk away. But I couldn't. I turned. Hope was a mess. Veiled with tears and snot. Looking like total defeat. Not like the monster I wanted her to be. I got her a tissue from the kitchen."
Im sure you won't be surprised when I tell you that Hope appears here and there throughout the book and you get the feeling that our Ella never quite completely breaks free of whatever hold she had on her.
The next chapter details the night Ella was raped by a guy she thought of as a friend. And it's written as if Ella were writing it for him.
"I woke up to you fucking me. My sweats and underwear around my ankles. Your slender frame and tiny dick wriggling between my legs."
She brings us along as she showers, once she kicks him out, and as she rages, and as she drags her stinking mattress to his girlfriend's house with a spray painted message for everyone to see.
And it is in this memoir-y way that Tiffany continues to stir and shock us, her readers, with the moments that shaped and scarred Ella... the time she dreamed of Henry Rollins. The day she learned of Kurt Cobain's suicide. The torment she felt when her boss forced her to serve her rapist a cup of coffee, and the elation of catching her boss jerking off into food in the diner's back room. The loss of her childhood best friend when she came out coupled with the overwhelming relief of her family's acceptance. The horrible dating advice her grandmother gave her and her fear of meeting her absentee father face to face for the first time. The lousy relationships she hid in and the nurturing ones she flourished in.
Tiffany Scandal is Lindsay Hunter's literary punk rock sister. Her language is raw and jagged. It is honest and unapologetic. She lays it all out there, in true take-it-or-leave-it fashion. And althought I haven't read her earlier novel, I get the feeling Tiffany is really only just coming into her own. You better watch out world. Scandal is going to be kicking ass and taking names, and I think it's best if you simply step aside and let her.
3 Stars - Recommended to fans of gritty, punky, edgy, LGBTQ lit
Pages: 166
Publisher: Ladybox Books
Released: March 2015
Back in January, I helped fund Broken River Books' Year Two March Madness kickstarter. As a backer, I landed my choice of any three ebooks - future or past. Jigsaw Youth looked pretty rad, and it was being released through BRB's Ladybox imprint, so I jumped all over it.
Tiffany Scandal's sophmore novel is a gritty, punky little thing. If it had teeth, it'd be nibbling and gnawing at your fingers as you flipped the pages. It's a sweetly fierce collection of connected vigenettes that tell the semi-life story of Ella, a fledgling queer with a 'sperm donor dad' who has been-there-done-that and had it all done back to her, too.
The novel starts off with a bang, catching Ella knee-deep in a ratty relationship with this chick Hope. Hope is a hopeless cheater and Ella just keeps on taking her back until she absolutely can't take it anymore. I think we've all been in one of those relationships. You know the kind, where you know the person is no good for you, and no good to you, but you just can't ball up enough to walk away and you end up staying with them for much longer than is healthy.
"I was telling myself, Please don't do this. Just walk away. But I couldn't. I turned. Hope was a mess. Veiled with tears and snot. Looking like total defeat. Not like the monster I wanted her to be. I got her a tissue from the kitchen."
Im sure you won't be surprised when I tell you that Hope appears here and there throughout the book and you get the feeling that our Ella never quite completely breaks free of whatever hold she had on her.
The next chapter details the night Ella was raped by a guy she thought of as a friend. And it's written as if Ella were writing it for him.
"I woke up to you fucking me. My sweats and underwear around my ankles. Your slender frame and tiny dick wriggling between my legs."
She brings us along as she showers, once she kicks him out, and as she rages, and as she drags her stinking mattress to his girlfriend's house with a spray painted message for everyone to see.
And it is in this memoir-y way that Tiffany continues to stir and shock us, her readers, with the moments that shaped and scarred Ella... the time she dreamed of Henry Rollins. The day she learned of Kurt Cobain's suicide. The torment she felt when her boss forced her to serve her rapist a cup of coffee, and the elation of catching her boss jerking off into food in the diner's back room. The loss of her childhood best friend when she came out coupled with the overwhelming relief of her family's acceptance. The horrible dating advice her grandmother gave her and her fear of meeting her absentee father face to face for the first time. The lousy relationships she hid in and the nurturing ones she flourished in.
Tiffany Scandal is Lindsay Hunter's literary punk rock sister. Her language is raw and jagged. It is honest and unapologetic. She lays it all out there, in true take-it-or-leave-it fashion. And althought I haven't read her earlier novel, I get the feeling Tiffany is really only just coming into her own. You better watch out world. Scandal is going to be kicking ass and taking names, and I think it's best if you simply step aside and let her.
December 17, 2015
Tiffany Scandal is one kick-ass, refreshing writer. Jigsaw Youth is the memoir of Ella, a musician on the road with her band, told in short, non-linear and poetic vignettes. We explore the world of our protagonist through her relationships and memories.
This book is very powerful. It features rare and gripping portrayal of emotional landscapes, elaborate character development, and a genuine story. Tiffany Scandal has a great sense of humor and cool music tastes; the book is rife with cool references to Bikini Kill, Queen Adreena, Nirvana, among others.
This book is very powerful. It features rare and gripping portrayal of emotional landscapes, elaborate character development, and a genuine story. Tiffany Scandal has a great sense of humor and cool music tastes; the book is rife with cool references to Bikini Kill, Queen Adreena, Nirvana, among others.
July 1, 2017
These last two books (last was The Sub by Jimmy Jazz) have alot in common, I shared the stage with both authors at the Vermin on the Mount, they are short powerful books, well written punk rock stories that feel so personal they feel like they must be memoirs. They are not memoirs but well worth your time. I have know Tiffany through the bizarro lit community for a few years, but I have to admit this is the first time I have actually read one of her books. I feel like a giant asshole for that but I fixed and so glad I did.
This book feels so raw and real that it would be easy to assume that Ella who has alot in common with her creator is just a stand in for her. I am not sure how much that is true but I feel like some things are about her are very Tiffany and some are not. Who cares this is novel and all that makes is when you are turning pages Ella will feel real.
Ella is an artist, punk rocker, waitress and Photographer. She lives in Portland, her story involves losing a best friend for coming out of the closet, a shitty job, a band, lots intense relationships.
The fragmented narrative might look from the outside as a mess but it has a well plotted non-linear drive. Ella is presented with obstacle and parallels that if the story were told in a straight line word not have been as powerful. Scandal is great storyteller, very aware how how things are unfolding and what things we need to know and when for impact. This is a key that many young writer never grasp.
So yeah she can tell a story but it is the rich characters and raw moments that make the book come alive in your hands. She is describing a scene that feels real. You can smell them, taste them. The chapter New York for example was a short but sweet tender moment in the book that contained more romance and tender-ness than novels devoted to the genre of sappy love. There are also moments of family drama that sting like a slap to the face and swing back. Moments of violent assault that feel so strong that they should not be able to co-exist in the same book but they do.
While this book is more straight forward than many that have come out of the bizarro scene, it is one of the best. It is no shock that some of the best novel entries have come from women like Gina Ranalli, Laura Lee Bahr and now Tiffany Scandal. I loved this book if you could not tell and think y'all should read it.
This book feels so raw and real that it would be easy to assume that Ella who has alot in common with her creator is just a stand in for her. I am not sure how much that is true but I feel like some things are about her are very Tiffany and some are not. Who cares this is novel and all that makes is when you are turning pages Ella will feel real.
Ella is an artist, punk rocker, waitress and Photographer. She lives in Portland, her story involves losing a best friend for coming out of the closet, a shitty job, a band, lots intense relationships.
The fragmented narrative might look from the outside as a mess but it has a well plotted non-linear drive. Ella is presented with obstacle and parallels that if the story were told in a straight line word not have been as powerful. Scandal is great storyteller, very aware how how things are unfolding and what things we need to know and when for impact. This is a key that many young writer never grasp.
So yeah she can tell a story but it is the rich characters and raw moments that make the book come alive in your hands. She is describing a scene that feels real. You can smell them, taste them. The chapter New York for example was a short but sweet tender moment in the book that contained more romance and tender-ness than novels devoted to the genre of sappy love. There are also moments of family drama that sting like a slap to the face and swing back. Moments of violent assault that feel so strong that they should not be able to co-exist in the same book but they do.
While this book is more straight forward than many that have come out of the bizarro scene, it is one of the best. It is no shock that some of the best novel entries have come from women like Gina Ranalli, Laura Lee Bahr and now Tiffany Scandal. I loved this book if you could not tell and think y'all should read it.
January 21, 2017
I really liked this. Short stories and vignettes building a novel. Reference to Henry Rollins as well. Recommended. Will be reading more by Tiffany Scandal.
June 23, 2017
I saw Ms. Scandal read from this book at AWP Minneapolis and it stuck with me ever since. I dropped the ball on picking it up until now, and I hope the positive stuff I have to say makes up for the wait. This is an amazingly raw novella about the struggles of growing up queer, latina, and punk. The beauty in the prose speaks to Didion or even Alison Bechdal, but told in the gutter realness that can go toe-to-toe with any road novel from a male "great". It really touches on how strangely violent and dangerous this world is for any female, gay or straight, and particularly anyone left of center in their style. Recognizing this, we see the main character go through her share of fuck-ups and injustices, but never apologizing for who she is, even when it seems the easiest thing to do. It's so goddamn refreshing to read something like that. Hopefully, this book (or maybe her future work?) will be held in the same regard as 'Stone Butch Blues' and other books that don't just capture a certain life story, but elevate it to new heights of literary experience.
April 22, 2015
Honest, heartfelt finger sandwiches of searing hot life.
This book offers lush vignettes of scenes from a punk, lesbian, riot grrrl's life. But don't let those words dissuade you if you're the kind of blockhead driven off by such things. More fundamentally, the author invites you into colorful, painful, beautiful, sentimental, steely, gleeful bubbles of one person's life. One after another you find yourself adding layers to the narrator who becomes three dimensional, vibrant, imbued with a soul. . . And then you've devoured the whole book and you feel like you're watching a friend drive away.
This book offers lush vignettes of scenes from a punk, lesbian, riot grrrl's life. But don't let those words dissuade you if you're the kind of blockhead driven off by such things. More fundamentally, the author invites you into colorful, painful, beautiful, sentimental, steely, gleeful bubbles of one person's life. One after another you find yourself adding layers to the narrator who becomes three dimensional, vibrant, imbued with a soul. . . And then you've devoured the whole book and you feel like you're watching a friend drive away.
April 3, 2016
Writing that is frequently poetic, disturbing and funny. The fragmented nature of the chapters is well conceived and serves to add to the sense of dislocation at the heart of the main character's experiences. The book describes a time and place that is at once particular but also universal in the representation of how people confront adulthood in a world that can be cruel, funny, sad and wondrous. Could be a cult classic.
November 25, 2015
Raw, visceral and sensitive stories that form a jigsaw novel. Tough and unrefined in the best sense. Definitely recommended.
August 30, 2019
I found this book on a list of underrated noir titles and frankly that makes as much sense as calling it a basketball-playing elephant. There's no plot to be found in these pages, and not really any character. There are a few situations, but they lead nowhere and build to nothing. It's written in this excessive clipped style (often used by bad writers to attempt to hide the, well, the badness), but in order for that to work, those sentence fragments need to be evocative. Not a single one will linger past the moment you read them, except for some of the humor derived from how badly they're placed (in one scene the author implies that a notepad is wearing makeup). So yeah, skip this one.
September 3, 2024
Jigsaw Youth is the second novel by writer, photographer and Suicide Girl, Tiffany Scandal. It tells the story of Ella and "what makes her, what breaks her, and what helps her find the strength to keep going despite constantly being expected to fail". The story is not told in a linear chronologically, but in fragments and snapshots, crust punk vignettes from a rollercoaster life. It is a story about pulling yourself together when you are falling apart. About picking yourself up when you fall down, dusting yourself off, giving life the finger and going again. Ultimately it is a story of hope.
Tiffany Scandal does not pull any punches and the sensitive subject matters covered can sometimes make for a challenging read. For example, Ella is raped in the second chapter (So yeah, trigger warning, I guess), but that uncompromising, raw honesty is what makes the book so refreshing and inspiring. Scandal's prose is also right up my alley, from the Hemingway/Bukowski school of refined and direct, with seldom a wasted word in sight.
Jigsaw Youth has a huge beating heart at it's core and you will live and breathe every moment with Ella, through good times and bad and when it is all said and done you will wish she was your best friend. My only real criticism of the book is that it is too short! I did not want it to end, not least because of the juicy moment that it finishes on. Sure, you could make an argument for the whole "leave them wanting more" thing, but DAMNIT I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL. I may never find out what becomes of Ella but I do know that I will be waiting with bated breath to read whatever Tiffany Scandal writes next!
Tiffany Scandal does not pull any punches and the sensitive subject matters covered can sometimes make for a challenging read. For example, Ella is raped in the second chapter (So yeah, trigger warning, I guess), but that uncompromising, raw honesty is what makes the book so refreshing and inspiring. Scandal's prose is also right up my alley, from the Hemingway/Bukowski school of refined and direct, with seldom a wasted word in sight.
Jigsaw Youth has a huge beating heart at it's core and you will live and breathe every moment with Ella, through good times and bad and when it is all said and done you will wish she was your best friend. My only real criticism of the book is that it is too short! I did not want it to end, not least because of the juicy moment that it finishes on. Sure, you could make an argument for the whole "leave them wanting more" thing, but DAMNIT I WANNA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL. I may never find out what becomes of Ella but I do know that I will be waiting with bated breath to read whatever Tiffany Scandal writes next!
August 22, 2015
Two years ago, I read and reviewed Tiffany Scandal’s debut There is No Happy Ending and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve been waiting to see what she cooked up next and she delivered her second book in the form of Jigsaw Youth released by Ladybox Books.
Artists and creative types usually fear the dreaded sophomore slump, but this concept must have never came across Scandal’s mind because this book shows her range and how much she has grown since her last book.
The main thing I noticed is the difference in tone and style. Scandal’s moves away from bizarro and grounds us in the real world from the get go.
The novel focuses on our punk rock lesbian protagonist Ella and is told through short yet impactful vignettes. We follow her on the emotional journey on the road with her band, learning how to navigate tough relationships with lovers and homophobic muthafuckas.
Scandal’s prose is crisp, sharp and poetic at times. The dialogue in the book never feels forced and is smooth and realistic. I felt like I could really relate to this characters and genuinely cared about their lives and welfare. This is a testament to Scandal’s diverse skillset.
I could probably harp on and on about how great this book is. Just know that I read this within two days and a chill ran down my spine after reading the last page.
Jigsaw Youth is a punk rock book through and through. It’s powerful, the characters feel sincere, and when you close the book, you’ll be left wanting more.
Artists and creative types usually fear the dreaded sophomore slump, but this concept must have never came across Scandal’s mind because this book shows her range and how much she has grown since her last book.
The main thing I noticed is the difference in tone and style. Scandal’s moves away from bizarro and grounds us in the real world from the get go.
The novel focuses on our punk rock lesbian protagonist Ella and is told through short yet impactful vignettes. We follow her on the emotional journey on the road with her band, learning how to navigate tough relationships with lovers and homophobic muthafuckas.
Scandal’s prose is crisp, sharp and poetic at times. The dialogue in the book never feels forced and is smooth and realistic. I felt like I could really relate to this characters and genuinely cared about their lives and welfare. This is a testament to Scandal’s diverse skillset.
I could probably harp on and on about how great this book is. Just know that I read this within two days and a chill ran down my spine after reading the last page.
Jigsaw Youth is a punk rock book through and through. It’s powerful, the characters feel sincere, and when you close the book, you’ll be left wanting more.
September 21, 2015
4.5 Stars...Excellent book that consist of interconnected vignettes that pack a fierce emotional punch. Each one of these stories are centered around the experience of a young lesbian women struggling with her place in a society that isn't exactly designed for her. Scandal writes eloquently about homophobia and sexism. I imagine her characters experiences mirror those in real life especially those of non white straight males. The stories themselves as well as the characters within are strong and rebellious and written with a lot of heart.
Jigsaw Youth can been read it 1 or 2 sittings for sure but it will stick with you for a much longer period of time. "Your Scent" is one of the most disturbing things I have read in a long time. It is by no means gratuitously disturbing, but disturbing in a way that imagining the prevalence and reality of it makes my stomach turn for those who have experienced it. With that being said there is humor and love in the stories as well, see "Henry Rollins Walks Into A Bar" for example. I would recommend this to fans of Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son or Kyle Minor's Praying Drunk but Jigsaw Youth has a hipper punkier edge to it. I will definitely pick up future releases from Scandal. This is also my first read from Ladybox Books which appears to be off to a good start in my opinion.
Jigsaw Youth can been read it 1 or 2 sittings for sure but it will stick with you for a much longer period of time. "Your Scent" is one of the most disturbing things I have read in a long time. It is by no means gratuitously disturbing, but disturbing in a way that imagining the prevalence and reality of it makes my stomach turn for those who have experienced it. With that being said there is humor and love in the stories as well, see "Henry Rollins Walks Into A Bar" for example. I would recommend this to fans of Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son or Kyle Minor's Praying Drunk but Jigsaw Youth has a hipper punkier edge to it. I will definitely pick up future releases from Scandal. This is also my first read from Ladybox Books which appears to be off to a good start in my opinion.
August 29, 2015
I love, love, love the awesome work that's coming out of Ladybox Books. I've got their first two books (the other being 'the Pulse Between Dimensions and the Desert' by Rios de la Luz) and I can't decide which is better.
This story fits together like individual pieces of a puzzle, short stories that piece together into some sort of punk feminist manifesto.
And it's awesome.
It's not preaching feminist ideologies, but instead it depicts raw human characters living through the every day highs and lows that exist in their world. Fighting the everyday sexism, racism, and homophobia that eats away at people and finding the strength to be comfortable with your own identity. To face your conflicts head on and let the world know that such hatred will not be tolerated.
These characters are burning with passion and strength. They are heartbreaking and beautiful.
This story fits together like individual pieces of a puzzle, short stories that piece together into some sort of punk feminist manifesto.
And it's awesome.
It's not preaching feminist ideologies, but instead it depicts raw human characters living through the every day highs and lows that exist in their world. Fighting the everyday sexism, racism, and homophobia that eats away at people and finding the strength to be comfortable with your own identity. To face your conflicts head on and let the world know that such hatred will not be tolerated.
These characters are burning with passion and strength. They are heartbreaking and beautiful.
December 12, 2016
Ms. Scandal spits out words like a machine gun spits bullets. Scandal’s style reminds me of the most raw and hyper of Irvine Welsh’s. Scattershot Xerox fanzine style, riot grrrl prose turned on its head and rescrambled into some serious fast movin, slices of life. Scandal’s characters flit from one situation to another, in and out of relationships, cars, cities, and usually more trouble than you can shake a can of mace at. The twists and turns in these interconnected short stories hit you like a baseball bat to the shins. Fun schtuff indeed. Looking forward to more from Ms. Scandal.
April 8, 2015
A bold, edgy, and fast read. Scandal weaves together these stories to create a little novel that feels big. It's raw and emotional without ever feeling sentimental or trite. It feels like the author is still finding her voice, but this shows a lot of promise for her future work.
August 8, 2015
Damn. This was the most powerful, poetic, and fierce 160ish pages of fiction that I have read in a long time. I devoured it in two sittings and was up until 3 am reading. This was my introduction to Scandal, and I will be seeking out her first book immediately. I was blown away.
December 4, 2015
The writing is frank, heart wrenching and brutally honest, yet the book lacks in narrative structure and calling it a 'novel' is overly generous. It is an excellent series of vignettes from a very talented writer, but I needed more here to properly praise it.
June 30, 2015
raw and often heartbreaking. love her style. can't wait to have her read at my store!!!
August 12, 2015
This was right up my alley. It's angry and heart-rending, feminist and punk, and very difficult to put down. Read it in two sittings and I'm sad it's over.
September 9, 2015
Very strong novel of connected stories. I didn't feel that every story hit the mark, but those that did were superb. The vignette about the rape was particularly affecting.
December 16, 2015
Reading this reminded me of that show Veronica Mars...super dramatic, immature, self-indulgent, and cheesy to the max. Not my cup of tea.
March 28, 2017
Quite possibly the best the thing I've ever read.
April 9, 2017
I LOVE LADY BOX PRESS SO MUCH!!!
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