{"product_id":"girls-on-the-verge-debutante-dips-drive-bys-and-other-initiations-paperback","title":"Girls on the Verge: Debutante Dips, Drive-Bys, and Other Initiations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVendela Vida\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's\u003ci\u003e Girls on the Verge \u003c\/i\u003eexplores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush--she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the quince (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plunge--some of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various rituals--rituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choices.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVendela Vida\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from Middlebury College and received her MFA at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVogue, Jane, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn. \u003ci\u003eGirls on the Verge\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42120569618512,"sku":"9780312263287","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/cC9TTStOTE94N0JNbWdmZXFCUEZYZz09.webp?v=1773146887","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/girls-on-the-verge-debutante-dips-drive-bys-and-other-initiations-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}