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A poignant and irreverent coming-of-age tale of a queer young aspiring photographer in the ’70s torn between her love for her conservative family and her desire to be true to herself, perfect for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six.
“Glitter and grit . . . a steaming—and unforgettable—summer of initiation.”—James M. Tabor, O. Henry Award winner and author of Blind Descent
“Quirky characters, unpredictable twists, a beautiful love story, and even an appearance by Bruce Springsteen . . . A joy to read!”—Jacqueline Friedland, USA Today best-selling author of He Gets That From Me
1972, Jersey’s Asbury Park. One red-headed girl with a camera, one washed-up old seaside resort, ninety days to decide whether she leaves . . . or finally belongs.
Eighteen-year-old Maeve O’Connor has one way out of her strict Irish-Catholic home: win a statewide photo contest and bolt for art school in Manhattan. She stakes everything on one restless summer in weather-worn Asbury Park, a boardwalk alive with sideshow performers, flickering neon lights, and bar bands chasing their break.
Maeve’s lens, and her pulse, lock onto Georgie, a singer in midnight eyeliner whose voice rattles the plywood walls and refuses every label the town tries to stamp on him. Through Georgie she finds a community of carnival artists, stage performers and night-shift musicians who treat one another like family because the world won’t.
But rumors spread fast in Asbury Park. Scathing newspaper headlines branding her a “Lewd Voyeur,” church busybodies judging her, and Maeve’s own parents tugging her home.
“Glitter and grit . . . a steaming—and unforgettable—summer of initiation.”—James M. Tabor, O. Henry Award winner and author of Blind Descent
“Quirky characters, unpredictable twists, a beautiful love story, and even an appearance by Bruce Springsteen . . . A joy to read!”—Jacqueline Friedland, USA Today best-selling author of He Gets That From Me
1972, Jersey’s Asbury Park. One red-headed girl with a camera, one washed-up old seaside resort, ninety days to decide whether she leaves . . . or finally belongs.
Eighteen-year-old Maeve O’Connor has one way out of her strict Irish-Catholic home: win a statewide photo contest and bolt for art school in Manhattan. She stakes everything on one restless summer in weather-worn Asbury Park, a boardwalk alive with sideshow performers, flickering neon lights, and bar bands chasing their break.
Maeve’s lens, and her pulse, lock onto Georgie, a singer in midnight eyeliner whose voice rattles the plywood walls and refuses every label the town tries to stamp on him. Through Georgie she finds a community of carnival artists, stage performers and night-shift musicians who treat one another like family because the world won’t.
But rumors spread fast in Asbury Park. Scathing newspaper headlines branding her a “Lewd Voyeur,” church busybodies judging her, and Maeve’s own parents tugging her home.
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American LiteratureTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Growin’ Up
- Chapter 2: Born to Run
- Chapter 3: Jersey Girl
- Chapter 4: Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?
- Chapter 5: It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City
- Chapter 6: Girls in Their Summer Clothes
- Chapter 7: Spirit in the Night
- Chapter 8: The East Street Shuffle
- Chapter 9: Tramps Like Us
- Chapter 10: Lady and the Doctor
- Chapter 11: Love on the Wrong Side of Town
- Chapter 12: That Lady
- Chapter 13: Right Place, Wrong Time
- Chapter 14: The Angel
- Chapter 15: I Don’t Want to Go Home
- Chapter 16: Sandy
- Chapter 17: Backstreets
- Chapter 18: The Sword Swallower’s Blade
- Chapter 19: Rosalita
- Chapter 20: Fireworks Over Little Eden
- Chapter 21: Incident on 57th Street
- Chapter 22: We’re an American Band
- Chapter 23: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- Chapter 24: Higher Ground
- Chapter 25: Blinded by the Light
- Chapter 26: Thunder Road
- Chapter 27: Long Walk Home
- Chapter 28: Here I Am
- Chapter 29: No Surrender
- Chapter 30: One of a Kind (Love Affair)
- Chapter 31: Because the Night
- Chapter 32: Free Bird
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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