I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

I Was a Teenage Fairy by Francesca Lia Block

Maybe Mab was real. Maybe not. Maybe Mab was the fury. Maybe she was the courage. Maybe later on she was the sex . . .

A tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A. night. A little girl caught in a grown-up glitz-and-glitter world of superstars and supermodels. A too beautiful boy with a secret he can never share . . .

From the author of Weetzie Bat comes a magical, mesmerizing tale of transformation. This is the story of Barbie Marks, who dreams of being the one behind the Cyclops eye of the camera, not the voiceless one in front of it; who longs to run away to New York City where she can be herself, not some barley flesh-and-blood version of the plastic doll she was named after. It is the story of Griffin Tyler, whose androgynous beauty hides the dark pain he holds inside. And finally it is the story of Mab, a pinkie-sized, magenta-haired, straight-talking fairy, who may or may not be real but who helps Barbie and Griffin uncover the strength beneath the pain, and who teaches that love--like a sparkling web of light spinning around our bodies and our souls--is what can heal even the deepest scars.

Block, Francesca Lia: - Francesca Lia Block has described her work as contemporary fairy tales with an edge, where the real world and its trouble find solace through the magic of creative expression and love. She has received numerous honors, including the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award and the Phoenix Award, as well as citations from the American Library Association, The New York Times Book Review, and School Library Journal. Her previous titles include the bestselling Weetzie Bat series (HarperCollins), the memoir/craft book The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process (Seal Press), the novel The Elementals (St. Martin's) and the erotic fairy tale collection Nymph (Circlet), among many others. She lives in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780064408622
ISBN 10	0064408620
Title	I Was a Teenage Fairy
Author	Francesca Lia Block
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2000-05-03
Number of pages	186
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.