suburban life

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suburban life

The regulators

1996
The residents of Poplar Street find themselves in the grip of surreal terror when violence erupts in the suburban town of Wentworth, Ohio, beginning with the murder of the paper boy.

Perfect world

2004
Lacie has always felt like she doesn't fit in with her family and friends, so she strives to find a way to escape her life, no matter what the cost.

Teenage wasteland

suburbia's dead end kids : with a new afterword
1998
Examines the world of alienated suburban youth, describes their interests, and suggests tenable reasons to admire their struggles and resilience.

The fates will find their way

a novel
2011
The disappearance of sixteen-year-old Nora Lindell has a dramatic and lasting impact on the teenage boys who grew up around her, and while rumors and suspicions about her absence are whispered the boys grow into men and continue to pine for the teenage girl who no longer exists.

SubUrbia

1995
A play by Eric Bogosian in which three men in their early twenties reflect on their glory days, their failing relationships, and their competitive natures.

My life at first try

a novel
2008
Mark Budman draws on his own life to recount the fictional story of Alex, who dreams of escaping Stalin's dictatorship to find his American cousin and become a writer in the free world.

Middlesex

2002
Three generations of a Greek American family find themselves plagued by a mutant gene which causes bizarre side effects in the family's teenage girls.

Project X

2005
Eighth-grade misfits Edwin Hanratty and his only friend, Flake, feed each other's misery and discontent until they decide the only solution is violence.

Living in suburban communities

2008
Simple text and photographs describe what it is like to live in a suburban community.

A suburb

2008
Photographs and simple text describe what it is like to live in the suburbs.

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