Walk Through Cold Fire

Narrator, said to be crazy, describes her 16-year-old summer of high romance, high drama, hyperbole. Familiar problems - straight A student, wealthy father, he hates her, she hates stepmother - finds, true self with beautiful, charismatic street rebels Desiree is one of 'the uncommon people' who 'can never accept anything, not even themselves', 'all feeling and poetry on the inside, all fire. And on the outside, icy toughness', The minute she sees Billy's cosmic, dream-drenched eyes she wants to ask if he reads Thoreau or takes long walks at night. But the nights are a touch busy with passion, rock, violence cars, cops and death and Billy couldn't read too hot. That's ok but I can't stomach the cute brunette and strawberry blonde who chirps. Prize-winning first book by 19-year-old, said to be autobiographical. Not Susan Hinton. No need to buy it.