Read about the other books on the list.The Girls from Corona del Mar, by Rufi Thorpe
When 15-year-old Mia needs to skip a softball game, she tells her best friend, Lorrie Ann, “You’re going to have to break one of my toes,” and calmly hands her a hammer. That mix of fearlessness and bad judgment (why not just fake a stomachache?) makes Mia an unforgettable heroine, if not always a nice one. Over the years, kind, beautiful Lorrie Ann plays angel to Mia’s devil until repeated tragedies—involving Lorrie Ann’s disabled son and the death of her soldier husband—force both girls out of their tidy roles and into the messiness of life. Thorpe perfectly captures the rhythms of female friendship in this riveting debut.
The Page 69 Test: The Girls from Corona del Mar.
My Book, The Movie: The Girls from Corona del Mar.
--Marshal Zeringue
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