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Written with powerful understatement and suffused with the painful rapture of growing up, this harrowing debut novel from a contributor to the influential radio program "This American Life" is the story of a 13-year-old girl who must face choices she is not ready to make.

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A vivid portrait of life on skid row. --"People""

A poignant tale . O Neill brings the setting to life. --"OK!," five stars"

This is a beautiful book, all the more remarkable because its harrowing tale is (virtuosically) told without a trace of self-pity or bathos. There are phrases in here that will make you laugh out loud, and others that will stop your heart. A definite triumph. --David Rakoff, author of "Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish""

A nuanced, endearing coming-of-age novel you won t want to miss. --"Quill & Quire" (Canada)"

Vivid and poignant.... A deeply moving and troubling novel. --"Independent" (London)"

O Neill is a tragicomedienne par excellence . You will not want to miss this tender depiction of some very mean streets. --"Montreal Review of Books""

O Neill somehow infuses her troubling story with a kind of heartbreaking innocence . She is a wonderful stylist and the voice she has created for Baby is original and altogether captivating. --"Booklist""

A winsome debut novel. --"Kirkus""

Baby s precocious introspection feels pitch perfect.... Tear-jerkingly effective. --"Publishers Weekly""

Dreamy prose.... Baby s unique voice and the glimmer of hope provided by her intelligence and imaginative spirit live on in the mind long after you have closed the book. --"Waterstones Books Quarterly" (London)"
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Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008

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  • PublisherHarper Perennial
  • Publication date2013
  • ISBN 10 0060875070
  • ISBN 13 9780060875077
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages354
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