Anatomy of a Single Girl
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I go to him and claim a warm embrace. “It’s good to be home, Cal.”
Hugs are really underrated.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Heartfelt appreciation to my dedicated editor, Rebecca Short, to my determined agent, Scott Miller, and to my devoted readers, particularly those who’ve written me such beautiful and inspirational messages—I treasure each one.
DARIA SNADOWSKY is the author of the novel Anatomy of a Boyfriend. Her essay “To Sir Anthony, With Love” appears in the anthology Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love. Visit Daria at daria-snadowsky.com.
Outstanding praise for
Daria Snadowsky’s first Anatomy book,
ANATOMY OF A BOYFRIEND
A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK FOR THE TEEN AGE
“Written in Dom’s authentic voice, Snadowsky’s debut novel is an unusually honest portrayal of a teen girl’s sexual discovery.… What feels so new here is the nonsensationalized explicitness.… Like [Judy Blume’s] Forever, this sensitive, candid novel is sure to find a wide audience among curious teens.”
—Booklist
“Snadowsky confidently marches where few YA writers have dared to tread.”
—Publishers Weekly
“[An] honest [look] at how to navigate complicated and confusing times.… Snadowsky does a good job of rendering all these emotions while keeping the plot chugging along.… It posits thoughtful questions about what happens after you’ve achieved that teenage dream, the acquisition of a boyfriend, and the dream loses its luster.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Snadowsky’s narrative easily holds the reader’s interest with well-drawn, realistic characters, flowing prose, dialogue and emails.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Appropriately, this book is dedicated to Judy Blume, and it may be the kind of groundbreaking novel that Forever was when first published a generation ago.… Just like in Judy Blume’s Forever, the emotional experiences of first love are described as poignantly and as graphically as are the physical experiences.… Snadowsky writes with real compassion for her teenage characters.… She wants to convey useful information as much as she wants to entertain with a moving story of romance.”
—KLIATT
“Snadowsky is as committed to detailing the obsessive emotional character of first love and the excruciating pain of first heartbreak as she is its hormonal expression.”
—The Bulletin
“[An] honest and detailed portrayal of teenage love and lust (think Forever).”
—HornBookGuide.com
“Snadowsky’s first novel is a frank and unashamed look at teenage sexuality and all-consuming first love.”
—VOYA
“This novel … deal[s] in modern terms with the real issues of discovering sex for the first time and dealing with it in a responsible way.”
—School Library Journal
“Contemporary teens will enjoy … the well-realized, engaging character of Dominique.”
—Children’s Literature
“Feelings are intense and emotions heightened, but the love is real.” —Romantic Times
“Daria Snadowsky does such an amazing job of portraying Dom that I felt like her best friend that she confided everything to.”
—YABooksCentral.com, five out of five stars
“Snadowsky’s writing is sharp, and Dominique’s voice is clever, funny and extremely authentic.”
—TeenReads.com
“Dom’s great charm is that she’s … book-smart—future premed even!—but woefully inexperienced.… [Her] fascination with biology and obsessive study of anatomy give her explorations an extra-educational kick.… Snadowsky capably follows Blume’s guiding concept that in literature for young people, the presence of sexual knowledge is far less dangerous than its absence.”
—Wichita City Paper
LEARN ALL ABOUT DOMINIQUE’S FIRST LOVE!
Dominique only used to care about the male anatomy when it showed up in her science textbooks. Then she met Wes, and everything changed. Crash course, anyone? If only boyfriends came with instructions …
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