The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America, New Edition

by Michelle Tea

The critically acclaimed adventures of an ex-Goth, ex-straight-girl, ex-lesbian, ex-Catholic schoolgirl on the road in 1990s America.

Published by Semiotext(e) to critical acclaim in 1998, Michelle Tea's debut novel The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America quickly established Tea as an exciting new literary talent and the voice of a new generation of queer, bisexual, transgendered, and straight...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584350520
• ISBN13: 9781584350521
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Semiotext(e)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I liked the book

As you can see with the other reviews, it is a book that does not let people untouched or indifferent. I am not sure if my review comes too late (last review before mine was quite some time ago), but here it is anyway: I really liked the book. Obviously not everyone enjoys the style, but if you do it is a great read ... I recommend that you take a chance.

tea taught myself to me

michelle tea's first work of prose, "passionate mistakes" won me over to her instantly. i read this book in one sitting (it's a little short, but potent) and i feel changed mentally by it. when i read this book, i felt cool... like i was hanging out with michelle and her friends, doing crazy stuff, living the young punk-dyke life. and that was fun. i would recommend this book followed by "valencia".

absolutely incredible

i saw michelle tea read from this book at a poetry thing at my college. and when i was reading it i could hear her voice saying the words in my head. it was absolutely incredible. she is so passionate about her writing. i couldn't put it down. definately a must read.

Michelle darling, hurry up and write another-absolutely fab!

Ms. Tea's zest for life and magnetism for adventure drips like honey from each and every page of this luscious journal. Grimy and gritty, Tea's seductive tales left me in the throws of nostalgia for my own teenage debauchery in Boston. A must read. Buy this book. Now.

A Fun, Fast & Risky Coming of Age Story!

Michelle Tea's debut spins a mesmerizing spider web of her life's little adventures. Part Mary Gaitskill (who has a cover blurb), part Cookie Meuller, and part Blake Nelson, her style wins you over quickly but has its own dark intentions. I especially liked the tone of the book and her unpolitical and honest observations about sexual situations.