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Rainbow Black : A Novel by Maggie Thrash (2024, Trade Paperback)

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Rainbow Black: A Novel by Thrash, Maggie [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100063286874

ISBN-139780063286870

eBay Product ID (ePID)23061250748

Product Key Features

Book TitleRainbow Black : a Novel

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Legal, Literary, Coming of Age

Publication Year2024

GenreFiction

AuthorMaggie Thrash

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-017698

Reviews"I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!" -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "A gripping story . . . . Readers will be stirred" -- Publishers Weekly, "I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!" -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, "[Wipes away tear.] Honor Girl is, all at once, heartachey (but never precious), dry-witted (but not cynical), and incredibly beautiful." -- Tavi Gevinson, Editor-in-Chief of Rookie, on Honor Girl "Maggie Thrash's memoir is agonizingly accurate about what it feels like to be a teenager--serious and ridiculous, confusing and profound." -- Emma Straub, bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, on Honor Girl "Though I am neither a teenage girl nor a lesbian, I found this story super-real and relatable." -- Ira Glass, host of This American Life, on Honor Girl "In this graphic memoir, Thrash writes with confidence and skill remarkable for a debut." -- New York Times on Honor Girl "Mixing recollections with a supernatural Hamlet-inspired theme, her watercolor-tinged illustrations add a wonderfully ethereal layer to an already nuanced offering. Defying genre boundaries, Thrash has proven herself a capable memoirist able to pinpoint her own pivotal life moments, turn them into art, and take risks with conventions. Nearly all characters present as white. A thoughtful and compelling exploration of adolescence." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Lost Soul, Be At Peace "Thrash's writing is so good I found myself re-reading sentences for the sheer pleasure and surprise of them. This not your typical boarding school/high school novel, it's way more fun. Go Wildcats!" -- Cecily von Ziegsar, author of Gossip Girl, on Strange Truth, "I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!" -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "Stirring . . . . Part mystery, part unsparing social commentary and part queer love story, Lacey's personal history reads a little like Demon Copperhead's--if he were a lesbian in New Hampshire." -- Washington Post "Rainbow Black is exactly what a novel ought to be--funny and harrowing, weird, wise and incredibly deft. I was not expecting to be as moved as I was, or to spend hours after finishing thinking about what I'd read. Come for the Satanic Panic, stay for the wine fraud." -- Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea "Thrash does a terrific job of making every character both singular and nuanced . . . . Thrash turns trauma, injustice, and hideous bad fortune into a story about resilience, reinvention, and love." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A gripping story . . . . Readers will be stirred" -- Publishers Weekly "In this stunning and intense adult debut from YA author Thrash, Lacey is a nuanced character whose complex inner life as both a teen and a woman injects urgency into every hurdle she faces. At once a rivetingly dramatic procedural and an intimate portrait of a relationship forged in trauma, Rainbow Black boldly confronts the lingering shadows of guilt, betrayal, and secrecy." -- Booklist "Rainbow Black seamlessly balances complex themes while remaining ridiculously entertaining. Maggie Thrash is a strong literary voice and an immense talent." -- Ione Gamble, author of Poor Little Sick Girls and founding editor in chief of Polyester zine, "I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!" -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "Rainbow Black is exactly what a novel ought to be--funny and harrowing, weird, wise and incredibly deft. I was not expecting to be as moved as I was, or to spend hours after finishing thinking about what I'd read. Come for the Satanic Panic, stay for the wine fraud." -- Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea "A gripping story . . . . Readers will be stirred" -- Publishers Weekly "In this stunning and intense adult debut from YA author Thrash, Lacey is a nuanced character whose complex inner life as both a teen and a woman injects urgency into every hurdle she faces. At once a rivetingly dramatic procedural and an intimate portrait of a relationship forged in trauma, Rainbow Black boldly confronts the lingering shadows of guilt, betrayal, and secrecy." -- Booklist, "Stirring . . . . Part mystery, part unsparing social commentary and part queer love story, Lacey's personal history reads a little like Demon Copperhead's--if he were a lesbian in New Hampshire." -- Washington Post "This propulsive mindblower of a novel makes narrative hay out of the Satanic Panic of the '80s--but it's also a terrifying murder mystery, and even a quirky but nuanced queer coming-of-age novel . . . . A darkly hilarious, risk-taking riot of ripped-from-the-headlines plotlines with real, cut-to-the-quick pain, this wild ride is unforgettably great. -- Amazon Best of the Month Pick "Thrash does a terrific job of making every character both singular and nuanced . . . . Thrash turns trauma, injustice, and hideous bad fortune into a story about resilience, reinvention, and love." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A gripping story . . . . Readers will be stirred" -- Publishers Weekly "In this stunning and intense adult debut from YA author Thrash, Lacey is a nuanced character whose complex inner life as both a teen and a woman injects urgency into every hurdle she faces. At once a rivetingly dramatic procedural and an intimate portrait of a relationship forged in trauma, Rainbow Black boldly confronts the lingering shadows of guilt, betrayal, and secrecy." -- Booklist "Darkly funny, haunting and captivating." -- Booktrib "I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!" -- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow "This is a welcomed delight to queer readers who crave murderous melodrama packed within a coming-of-age novel that's constantly (and literally) hyperventilating with lurid excess and extraordinary detail. Lacey is a resilient character to cheer for." -- Bay Area Reporter "Rainbow Black is exactly what a novel ought to be--funny and harrowing, weird, wise and incredibly deft. I was not expecting to be as moved as I was, or to spend hours after finishing thinking about what I'd read. Come for the Satanic Panic, stay for the wine fraud." -- Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea "Rainbow Black is an addictive, searing, high-octane triumph, an imaginative tour de force about one woman's tireless desire to be free." -- Red Carpet Crash "A layered novel that questions identity as much as it does collective responsibility, Rainbow Black offers something for any reader to love. At its core, it is a coming-of-age tale, its lovable and quirky main character embodying our own insecurities and desires to feel loved, no matter where we come from or who we become." -- The Big Thrill "Rainbow Black seamlessly balances complex themes while remaining ridiculously entertaining. Maggie Thrash is a strong literary voice and an immense talent." -- Ione Gamble, author of Poor Little Sick Girls and founding editor in chief of Polyester zine

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230421

Dewey Decimal813/.6

Synopsis"I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!"--Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow For readers of Donna Tartt and Ottessa Moshfegh comes a brilliant, deliriously entertaining novel from the acclaimed author of Honor Girl . Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international fugitive love story--set against the '90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow. Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey 's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations as part of a mass hysteria sweeping the nation. When a horrific murder brings Lacey to the breaking point, she makes a ruthless choice that will haunt her for decades. As an adult, Lacey mimes a normal life as the law clerk of an illustrious judge. She has a beautiful girlfriend, a measure of security, and the world has mostly forgotten about her. But after a tiny misstep spirals into an uncontrolled legal disaster, the hysteria threatens to begin all over again. Rainbow Black is an addictive, searing, high-octane triumph, an imaginative tour de force about one woman's tireless desire to be free., "I've loved Maggie Thrash's work for years, and Rainbow Black is going to set so many new hearts aflame--murder, intrigue, queer love, dark humor AND satanic panic? Welcome to the Maggie Thrash Fan Club, world!"--Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow For readers of Donna Tartt and Ottessa Moshfegh comes a brilliant, deliriously entertaining novel from the acclaimed author of Honor Girl. Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international fugitive love story--set against the '90s Satanic Panic and spanning 20 years in the life of a young woman pulled into its undertow. Lacey Bond is a 13-year-old girl in New Hampshire growing up in the tranquility of her hippie parents' rural daycare center. Then the Satanic Panic hits. It's the summer of 1990 when Lacey 's parents are handcuffed, flung into the county jail, and faced with a torrent of jaw-dropping accusations as part of a mass hysteria sweeping the nation. When a horrific murder brings Lacey to the breaking point, she makes a ruthless choice that will haunt her for decades. As an adult, Lacey mimes a normal life as the law clerk of an illustrious judge. She has a beautiful girlfriend, a measure of security, and the world has mostly forgotten about her. But after a tiny misstep spirals into an uncontrolled legal disaster, the hysteria threatens to begin all over again. Rainbow Black is an addictive, searing, high-octane triumph, an imaginative tour de force about one woman's tireless desire to be free.

LC Classification NumberPS3620.H7966R35 2024