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'just_a_girl tears into the fabric of contemporary culture. A Puberty Blues for the digital age, a Lolita with a webcam, it's what happens when young girls are forced to grow up too fast. Or never get the chance to grow up at all.
Layla is only 14. She cruises online. She catches trains to meet strangers. Her mother, Margot, never suspects. Even when Layla brings a man into their home. Margot's caught in her own web: an evangelical church and a charismatic pastor. Meanwhile, downtown, a man opens a suitcase and tenderly places his young lover inside.
just_a_girl is a novel about being isolated and searching for a sense of connection, faith, friendship and healing, and explores what it's like to grow up negotiating the digital world of facebook, webcams, internet porn, mobile phones and cyberbullying - a world where the line between public and private is increasingly being eroded.' (Publisher's blurb)
Layla is only 14. She cruises online. She catches trains to meet strangers. Her mother, Margot, never suspects. Even when Layla brings a man into their home. Margot's caught in her own web: an evangelical church and a charismatic pastor. Meanwhile, downtown, a man opens a suitcase and tenderly places his young lover inside.
just_a_girl is a novel about being isolated and searching for a sense of connection, faith, friendship and healing, and explores what it's like to grow up negotiating the digital world of facebook, webcams, internet porn, mobile phones and cyberbullying - a world where the line between public and private is increasingly being eroded.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Bringing Experimental Text to the Mainstream : Kirsten Krauth's Just_a_girl
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 8 2014; (p. 62-66) -
Not Just Any Girl
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 17 no. 2 2013;
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
Modern Girls Rewrite Scripts of Rebellion
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 August 2013; (p. 24)
— Review of Atomic City 2013 single work novel ; Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 6 July 2013; (p. 28)
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel ; Three Hours Late 2013 single work novel -
Kirsten Krauth : Just_a_Girl
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2013;
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel
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[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Books + Publishing , April vol. 92 no. 5 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
Kirsten Krauth : Just_a_Girl
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , July 2013;
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
[Untitled]
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 6-7 July 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 6 July 2013; (p. 28)
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel ; Three Hours Late 2013 single work novel -
Modern Girls Rewrite Scripts of Rebellion
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 3-4 August 2013; (p. 24)
— Review of Atomic City 2013 single work novel ; Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
Not Just Any Girl
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 17 no. 2 2013;
— Review of Just_A_Girl 2013 single work novel -
Bringing Experimental Text to the Mainstream : Kirsten Krauth's Just_a_girl
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 8 2014; (p. 62-66)
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