The Tribes of Palos Verdes by Joy Nicholson

The Tribes of Palos Verdes by Joy Nicholson

Joy Nicholson's The Tribes of Palos Verdes is a Los Angeles Times bestseller and now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Garner, Maika Monroe, and Cody Fern.

Nicholson captures the California-coast culture. . . . Medina shows what it's like to feel 'six million years old' way before your time.--Entertainment Weekly

Impressive . . . Captures what it is to be young, intelligent, and very alone.--Us Weekly

Nicholson's evocation of character, her ability to bring Medina fully to life, makes this work. She writes with snapshot immediacy. . . . A writer to keep in mind.--David Ulin, Salon

Medina Mason is a defiant, awkward fourteen-year-old living in the affluent beach community of Palos Verdes, California. The pressure is intense in their high-stakes world, and Medina's family begins to break under the stress. Her parents' marriage disintegrates and her beloved brother turns to drugs in order to cope. Medina turns to the ocean to escape it all. She surfs to survive, finding a bitter solace in the rough comfort of the waves.

An inspiring portrait of a young woman unswayed by other people's pettiness (Mademoiselle), this is the moving story of growing up different, of the love between siblings, and of one girl's power to save herself.

Nicholson, Joy: - Joy Nicholson is the author of The Tribes of Palos Verdes and The Road To Esmeralda. She lives with her husband in New Mexico, where she runs the Rancho de Chihuahua, a sanctuary for elderly and abused dogs.

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ISBN 13	9780312195328
ISBN 10	031219532X
Title	The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Author	Joy Nicholson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	St Martin's Press
Year published	1998-08-15
Number of pages	224
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