As Cool As I Am

By Pete Fromm

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2004 Book Award winner. Fromm explores the sexual evolution of a cynical teenage girl who has the spunk and wit to survive two flaky parents and the urges of unbridled adolescence. - from Booklist

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.27 x 8.62 x 5.88
• Publisher: Picador USA; 1st edition (October 17, 2003)
• ISBN: 0312307756
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: 63,314

Book Description

As a teenager left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. As she races at breakneck pace toward womanhood, everything is at stake for her, producing an urgency and dread that she holds at bay with humor and grace. But while Lucy charges ahead, her mother's youth is fading, providing a juxtaposition steeped with tension and love. Simultaneously embracing and resisting their similarities, both women's emotional vulnerabilities and their deep need for each other are revealed. Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud-funny and true, Lucy stands out in contemporary literature for her large heart and inimitable grit.

About the Author

Pete Fromm won Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards for three of his earlier books. He lives with his family in Great Falls, Montana.