Some Girls [Mass Market Paperback]

Kristin McCloy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1995

Hip, fresh, and beautifully crafted, this radiant new novel by the author of Velocity explores the erotic possibilities of friendship. As a young woman struggles to come to terms with her newly-found independence after moving to New York, she is befriended by her dazzingly beautiful and mysterious neighbor. Reading tour.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A young woman moves from New Mexico to New York looking for independence in what PW, in a starred review, called "a powerful and consistently intriguing narrative."
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

"She waited for her suitcase, thinking, It will be better in the city....[Riding] into the city...she knew already; the city was a terror, glossy buildings rising out of a slum, a place of anarchy, crooked and lawless, impenetrable." Fresh from New Mexico, where her boyfriend raises horses for a living, Claire meets the exotic Jade. Jade is "the queen of disguises," and her current employment and past relationships are unclear. The chemistry between the two women builds to a one-night affair that leaves them both terrified. Claire shuns Jade, fearful of being called a lesbian, while Jade leaves the country and returns with a boyfriend. Their relationship continues nonetheless. There is no great adventure in this quiet novel; rather, it unfolds the complicated relationship of two very different women who overcome loneliness through their love for each other. A moving, tender, and smoothly written novel by the author of Velocity (Washington Square: S. & S., 1990) that is recommended for public libraries.
David Keymer, California State Univ., Stanislaus
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Plume; 6th edition (July 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452272734
• ISBN-13: 978-0452272736
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,781,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I want to be Jade, October 19, 2002

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Jennifer Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Girls (Mass Market Paperback)

I LOVE this book! Why isn't Kristin McCloy writing more novels? The characters just came to life for me. Jade is just this staggeringly hip New York City chick, and Claire is like the everyman, or everywoman...she's like us, insecure, not sure if she's in the right relationship, trying to find herself, and she moves to the Big Apple to do it. I really didn't see this a a "gay" or "lesbian" themed book at all, even though some of the characters are. Like Such says, "Sometimes you just get a hard-on for someone's soul." He means that love and attraction can go beyond gender, homosexuality, or any other labels society puts on people.

I love the stuff the characters in the book do...eating Chinese food for breakfast, dying their hair blonde in an airplane bathroom...it just makes you want to be 22 and unmarried and free and living in New York with some money to spend.

And if you are all these things already...I'm jealous of you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling and Vivid, October 26, 2003

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Amy (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some Girls (Mass Market Paperback)

This novel grabbed me instantly. McCoy's prose is crisp and succinct, yet extremely vivid. The way she turns a phrase and sets a scene is amazingly original. I felt like I was working my way through the mass crowds at all of the night clubs and I felt like I was in the back seat with Jade and Claire in Mexico.
When I stared reading this, I had no idea that it was about a same-sex relationship. And after finishing it, I would not describe it as such. It is about one woman slowly and somewhat reluctantly shedding her idealism. That is what living in Manhattan does to you. The city is raw, confusing, sometimes disturbing. But once you find those connections, it can become a place of self discovery and eventual comfort. You'll never leave Manhattan the same as when you came. This was Claire's journey and I loved every second of it. Jade was someone Claire seemed to idolize more that love or even like. I felt like Jade was a time bomb ready to explode, and that is what compelled me to keep reading -- to see how the aftermath would affect Claire, the protagonist. The end chapters offered some breathtakingly beautiful prose and self realization. Definitely worth more than one reading.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, almost a coming of age novel, August 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Some Girls (Mass Market Paperback)

Perhaps the fact that this book hits close to home is what keeps it a treasure for me but the truth cannot be hidden that this is well written and engrossing. McCloy enables the reader to acknowledge that the world lies far beyond the small neighborhoods we consider it to be made up of. The characters are engaging and though I was disappointed by the "secret" that Jade hides it does not diminish the value behind the characters tales. Well worth the small amount of time it will take you to read... go for it!