{"product_id":"good-girl-hardcover","title":"Good Girl - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAria Aber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electric debut novel about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery--\"a stunning coming-of-age story\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) and a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can't escape its history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can't get out.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A no-bullsh*t, must-read debut.\"--Kaveh Akbar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eKaleidoscopic, full of style and soul.\"--Raven Leilani\u003cbr\u003e\"I loved this book.\"--Leslie Jamison \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Book of 2025: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLit Hub, Bustle, Autostraddle, Daily Mail, Write or Die Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Berlin's artistic underground, where techno and drugs fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen in the haze of Berlin's legendary nightlife, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. But as Nila finds herself pulled further into Marlowe's controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germany--and Nila's family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila stops to ask herself the most important question: Who does she want to be? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story of love and family, raves and Kafka, staying up all night and surviving the mistakes of youth, \u003ci\u003eGood Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis the virtuosic debut novel by a celebrated young poet and, now, a major new voice in fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAria Aber\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Germany and now lives in the United States. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eHard Damage, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. She is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and graduate student at USC, and her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Raised speaking Farsi and German, she writes in her third language, English. She recently joined the faculty of the University of Vermont as an assistant professor of Creative Writing and divides her time between Vermont and Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.29 x 8.51 x 5.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378666238054,"sku":"9780593731116","price":37.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/40p60Yv7ZR9780593731116.webp?v=1768907555","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/good-girl-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}