The Girls Who Grew Big

[Mottley] is excellent at capturing the mysterious quality of this neglected patch of Florida: its close, salty air, its turquoise waters and its white sands>

Info autore

Leila Mottley's first novel, Nightcrawling, was a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah's Book Club pick, and its longlisting made Leila the youngest ever Booker Prize nominee. She is the author of the poetry collection woke up no light, and was the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, California, where she continues to live.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leila Mottley
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.06.2026
• EAN: 9781405967969
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-6796-9
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Narrativa > Romanzi > Letteratura contemporanea (dal 1945); Florida, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Southern, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Relating to adolescence / teenage years, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice, topics and issues