Clare's Boutique: Three Stories and One Essay

"This author has talent to burn." -- Publishers Weekly

In three heartfelt new stories, award-winning author Eric Giroux introduces Clare Renault, suburban-white-boy rap fan nonpareil. Funny and poignant, the stories trace Clare's growth to young adulthood in the Greater Lowell, Massachusetts, of the eighties and nineties--rap's golden age.

"Ice Time"

A winter's journey takes a harrowing turn for Clare and Jack, former best friends.

"Hamburger Hill"

Eighth graders Clare and Sanjay grapple with a ...