Teen Angel (ebook)

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Although Pilcer?s first novel was published for an adult audience, it quickly gained cult status among high school cognoscenti. A classic novel of adolescence, West Side Story told from the point of view of a 14-year-old Jewish girl, who prefers the dangerous streets of Washington Heights to the suffocation of her Holocaust-survivor home. ?Touching and truthful ... Sonny Palovsky may stand as a character with other special literary early adolescents: a new generation may find her more relevant ... and certainly more feminist than Holden Caulfield or the young Portnoy.? ? New York Times ?Sonia Pilcer is women?s answer to Martin Amis.? ? New Statesman ?Teen Angel transcends the standard adolescent growing up novel because of its frantic energy, its unpretentiousness, Ms. Pilcer?s beautiful humor, and her genuine love for Sonny.? ? Richard Price ?If knowledge is strength, then Sonia Pilcer?s Teen Angel is a valiant introduction to a violent, raunchy young world. The book has integrity and verve.? ? Gail Godwin Teen Angel was Pilcer?s first novel, published in the US by Coward, McCann (edited by Joseph Kanon) and Avon Books. Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Star brought out editions abroad. It was optioned for a film by Universal Studios. Pilcer co-wrote the screenplay with Garry Marshall. For more information, see www.soniapilcer.com0