ALISON UMMINGER grew up in Arlington, Virginia, and as an undergraduate was the fourth woman to be elected president of "The Harvard Lampoon." Today, she is a professor of English at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, where she lives with her family. "American Girls" is her first novel.
An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year
A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best
A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year
Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving
the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood
itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The
Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy,
American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime
that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it
being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar. --The Atlantic
Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of
my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. --Becky
Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo
Sapiens Agenda An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to
spare. --Jeff Zentner, Morris Award Honor-winning author of The
Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her
debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I
know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark
Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The
Miseducation of Cameron Post "An incredible book and so, so
important. --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself
and Others in America A razor-sharp commentary on our culture,
observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and
complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the
coming-of-age story. --Kirkus, starred review Bittersweet and true,
Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read.
--ALA Booklist, starred review Reveals richly complicated
relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters. --Publishers
Weekly, starred review
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