In a triumphant finale, they embrace, aware that their relationship restores the balance missing in their separate personalities. But these fulfilled dreams sour, and Violet and Claire become painfully estranged. Violet, still in high school, lands a six-figure film deal, and Claire begins a romance with her poetry teacher. Each girl gets what she thinks she wants. Violet and Claire, best friends, are polar opposites: Violet is angry and intense, with a fierce ambition to write and direct films Claire is passive, attempting poetic transcendence of the casual cruelties of everyday life. Block (the Weetzie Bat novels) sets herself new challenges and meets them with consummate grace in this resonant novel.
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