The Florida-raised writer discusses her debut book Brutes – a compelling coming-of-age story that throws an original light on female adolescence
a lot. It’s one of my yearly rereads, I think. I just love what [Eugenides] does and I wanted to basically write the reverse version of that book. I was like, ‘OK, these girls are really idealised – what happens when they’re the ones watching?’ The girls inare quite dirty; it has that tacky, sticky atmosphere; it’s a bit of hair on your lip-gloss; it’s all a bit gross. And that felt true to me.DT: Yes.
DT: In my high school, you could look out the window and see this Duelling Dragons rollercoaster and we would hear them screaming every ten seconds while you’re doing your algebra. DT: Yeah the girls are kind of mysterious in their workings and their behaviour, but to them that makes complete sense. I think there is a sense of menace but their lives are quite unstable. I also think, when you’re 13, you’re scared. I feel as a child you still believe the stories your parents tell you and the world they build around you, but when you turn 13 you’re able to pick up and understand so much more about the architecture and what it means.
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