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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In her first book, Vida explores a variety of rituals that girls have created or embraced in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn't just observe, she actively participates in some--going as far as experiencing sorority rush, a debutante ball, and a witches' coven, among others.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida's<i> Girls on the Verge </i>explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. </b> <p/>Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively participates in them, going as far as spending a week at UCLA to experience rush--she emerges a Tri-Delt. She also goes to Miami to learn about the quince (the Latin American celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday), to Houston to take part in a debutante ball, to Los Angeles and San Francisco to talk to female gang members, to Salem, Massachusetts, to interview a coven of witches, and to Las Vegas to watch young brides take the plunge--some of them in drive-through wedding chapels. With humor, insight, and illuminating detail, she explores girls' struggles to forge an identity and secure a sense of belonging through various rituals--rituals that they embrace without necessarily understanding the comforts they seek or the repercussions of their often all-too-adult choices.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Vida has written a thoroughly enjoyable book . . . well-reported and entertaining." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> <p/>"Vida is a good writer, and clearly feels an affinity . . . with her subjects." --<i>Seattle Weekly</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Vendela Vida</b> graduated from Middlebury College and received her MFA at Columbia University. Her work has appeared in <i>Vogue, Jane, </i> and other publications. She lives in Brooklyn. <i>Girls on the Verge</i> is her first book.

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