Go West Young F*cked-up Chick : A Novel of Separation

by Rachel Resnick

• ISBN13: 9780312263294
• ISBN10: 0312263295
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-05-05
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Rebecca Roth, a hardened 24-year-old Ivy League dropout, flees the East Coast in search of fame, success, and love in Los Angeles. Chaos ensues in the form of lusty, doomed relationships, demeaning film jobs, and the inescapable memory of Rebecca's mother, whose abuse and suicide prompted her to flee. West Coast tour.

Author Biography

Rachel Resnick was born in Jerusalem, Israel. A Yale graduate, she went west to Los Angeles, where she lives, writes, and teaches creative writing at the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. This is her first novel.

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"Sharp, jarring...Enjoy the visceral experience of existing on the fringes of celebrity." --Details

"Rachel Resnick's debut novel zips back and forth between set pieces and epiphanies-and cuts deep." --The Philadelphia Inquirer

"F*cking amazing! Imagine Irvine Welsh with a sex change and air-dropped onto Hollywood. Go West...is more than a great book, it's a phenomenon. A flat-out hysterical, heart-for-days guide through end-of-the-line Los Angeles. Rachel Resnick can write the ass off any man alive." --Jerry Stahl, Author of Permanent Midnight

"Bravely bizarre and splintered as a mosaic, like pieces of Bruce Wagner and Nathanael West glued into a window sunlit with despair." --Kirkus Reviews