100 Best Books of the Decade: 86. Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea
86. Rose of No Man’s Land by Michelle Tea, 2006
Coming from a memoir and a graphic novel, Michelle Tea hits her stride with her first novel, a coming of age tale about breaking from the mold and making all the mistakes to figure yourself out at 14. Trisha, the main character is a loner, a weirdo, who figures out her burgeoning sexuality and identity as she begins to imagine life outside of the small town she grew up in. Awkward and sexy, it’s everything a novel about growing up should be.
