After her beloved father suddenly dies, teenage Saskia gets a crash course in growing up, in the gritty glamour of 1970s New York.
This witty, heartbreaking, but ultimately affirming coming-of-age novel doubles as a love letter to a Manhattan of an edgier era, and speaks to the chaos of closure and the satisfaction of self-determination..
High school becomes all about getting high at school, as Saskia struggles with grieving, hapless crushes, fixing her family, and the desire to be loved.
Ex-communicated by her siblings, Saskia becomes her mom\'s mom.
Her mother becomes increasingly nihilistic and embarks on a sexual walkabout, which costs her the trust of Saskia\'s two older siblings, who consequently run away to join the Sullivanians, a predatory psychosexual cult.
Her downwardly mobile family move from Gramercy Park to the seedy Upper West Side.
After her beloved father suddenly dies, teenage Saskia gets a crash course in growing up, in the gritty glamour of 1970s New York
