Guyaholic (18 page)
This fast-paced … story is charged with sarcasm, angst, honesty, and hope.” —
Voice of Youth Advocates
Funny and optimistic.” —
Kirkus Reviews
Carolyn Mackler
is the author of the acclaimed
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things,
a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, as well as the award-winning novels
Vegan Virgin Valentine
and
Love and Other Four-Letter Words
. About
Guyaholic,
she says, “I wanted V to have a love story with a perfect fairy-tale ending. But when you’re seventeen, hurt, and restless, it’s not that easy to dive into commitment — even if he’s Prince Charming. In telling this story, I had to see how far V would go to find her happily ever after.” Carolyn Mackler lives in New York City with her husband and young son.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2007 by Carolyn Mackler
Cover photograph copyright © 2009 by
Stuart McClymont/Stone/Getty Images
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
First electronic edition 2012
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Mackler, Carolyn.
Guyaholic / Carolyn Mackler. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: V, the queen of the meaningless hookup, has been with Sam for a pretty long time, but when she panics after graduation and messes everything up, it takes a solo driving trip from New York to visit her irresponsible mother in Texas before she learns enough about herself to know what she really wants.
ISBN 978-0-7636-2537-5 (hardcover)
[1. Self-perception — Fiction. 2. Emotional problems — Fiction. 3. Interpersonal relations — Fiction. 4. Sex — Fiction. 5. Mothers and daughters — Fiction. 6. Automobile travel — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.M2178Gu 2007
[Fic] — dc22 2007024098
ISBN 978-0-7636-2801-7 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7636-6001-7 (electronic)
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