Description
When Trixie picks up her best friend Lux for their weekend getaway, shes looking to escape for a little while, to forget the despair of being trapped in their dead-end Rust Belt town and the daunting responsibility of caring for her ailing mother. The girls are packing light: a supply of Diet Coke for Lux and her 89 Canon to help her frame the world in a sunnier light; half a pack of cigarettes for Trixie that she doesnt really smoke, and a knifeone shes hanging on to for a friendthat shes never used before.
But a single night of violence derails their trip and will forever change the course of the girls lives, as they go from ordinary high schoolers to wanted fugitives. Trying to stay ahead of the cops and a hellscape of media attention, the girls grapple with an unforgiving landscape, rapidly diminishing supplies, and disastrous decisions at every turn. As they are transformed by the media into the face of a #MeToo movement they didnt ask to lead and the road before them begins to run out, Trixie and Lux realize that they can only rely on each other, and that the love they find together is the one thing that truly makes them free.
In rushing, powerful prose Julia Lynn Rubin takes readers on a blistering, unapologetic thrill ride (Emma Berquis) that will leave them haunted and reeling. Trouble Girls is a powerful, beautifully-written gut punch (Sophie Gonzales).
Author Information
JULIA LYNN RUBIN received her MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from The New School in 2017. A lover of film, psychology, and literature, Julia has been writing creatively since first grade, and her short stories have appeared in publications such as the North American Review. She currently lives in Brooklyn, where she is currently freelancing while working on her next book. Julia is the author of Burro Hills and Trouble Girls.
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