[Cwgrad-announcements] Fwd: Tory Patterson Gets a Starred Publishers Weekly review for DRIFT!

[D Charles Whitney]

Victoria (Tory) Patterson is an MFA graduate of, and a lecturer in,  
the Department of Creative Writing.

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> From: Johnson, Jenna L. (HTP-NYC) <Jenna.Johnson at hmhpub.com>
> Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM
> Subject: Starred PW review for DRIFT!
> To: Victoria Patterson <v.a.patterson at gmail.com>
> Cc: Michael Carlisle <michael at inkwellmanagement.com>
>
>
> Congratulations Tory!
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>
Drift Victoria Patterson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $12.95 paper  
(240p) ISBN 978-0-547-05494-0
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> Patterson illustrates how deceiving initial impressions can be in  
> her dark debut, a collection of 13 interconnected stories. At first  
> glance, the characters seem to be blessed, living in tony Newport  
> Beach, Calif., but Patterson quickly scrapes off the glitter,  
> examining the complicated lives of Rosie, a confused teenage girl;  
> John Wayne, a brain-damaged, homeless stoner; Anne, a lesbian  
> psychologist in love with Rosie's mother; Melody, a trophy wife  
> cheating on her husband, Henry Wilson, who has a secret of his own;  
> and Joe/Christina, a transvestite. The majority of the stories  
> feature Rosie, a nerdy teenager whose attempts to make sense of her  
> life lead her down increasingly self-destructive paths, though she  
> remains touchingly aware of others' suffering. In “Winter Formal:  
> A Night of Magic,” Rosie and a seemingly perfect blonde princess  
> have a nightmare evening; in “The First and Second Time,” Rosie  
> violently loses her virginity. Later, in “Joe/Christina,” Rosie,  
> now an alcoholic community college student, finds an unlikely  
> savior in the local transvestite. Patterson's unflinching account  
> of the seedy side of a real-life Xanadu is frightening, immersive  
> and wonderfully realized. (June)
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> Jenna Johnson Senior Editor
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> Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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