Girl Could Stand Up

A debut novel of startling originality that follows a young girl's passionate and eccentric quest for invincibility, courage, trust, and love.

Leslie Marshall's first novel is a startling, fresh, totally captivating new voice. With Elray Mayhew, she has created perhaps one of literature's more unforgettable young heroines. Elray Mayhew loses her parents on her sixth birthday at an amusement park going through the Tunnel of Love. The boat the three of them are in is leaking and Barkely and Ja...