The Tribes of Palos Verdes: A Novel

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. ôNicholson captures the California-coast culture. . . . Medina shows what itÆs like to feel æsix million years oldÆ way before your time."ùEntertainment Weekly ôImpressive . . . Captures what it is to be young, intelligent, and very alone.öùUs Weekly ôNicholsonÆs 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.öùDavid 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 MedinaÆs family begins to break under the stress. Her parentsÆ 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. ôAn inspiring portrait of a young woman unswayed by other peopleÆs pettinessö (Mademoiselle), this is the moving story of growing up ôdifferent,ö of the love between siblings, and of one girlÆs power to save herself.

Author: Joy Nicholson

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Publication Date: Dec 05, 2017

Number of Pages: 224 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Fiction

ISBN-10: 1250112567

ISBN-13: 9781250112569