Miami in Virgo : a novel

Author

Sally Mansfield Abbott

Call Number

• FICTION ABBO (CEN)

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Woodbine Odyssey, [2019]

Physical Description

291 pages ; 20 cm

Summary

"Set in California's Central Valley in the mid-seventies, MIAMI IN VIRGO is a coming-of-age novel narrated by seventeen-year-old Miami Montague. Miami's deceased father wrote a treatise on Native Americans that sustained her in his absence. She and her friends form a tight-knit circle that practices feminist Wiccan ritual, as her childhood fundamentalism casts a long shadow. Miami must cope with enormous setbacks as she ventures into the world of sexuality and adult relationships. Early neglect by her alcoholic mother takes its toll, and she is short-circuited and ambushed by rivalry, sexual insecurity, and family drama. Her peccadilloes take on a spiritual dimension, and she goes through a soul-searing scrutiny which eventually leads to the resolution of her conflicts through the deepening of her character."--Amazon