novel
welcome to the slipstream
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Van and her peripatetic lifestyle-loving mom move to Las Vegas. Van's mother, Sofia, has been hired to helm the Silver Saddle, a crumbling casino off the strip. In Vegas, Van makes new friends, and is even invited to join an all girl, Sleater-Kinney-style band. Van--and the Silver Saddle--are left in the lurch when the brilliant but unstable Sofia disappears on a vision quest. Van buys a bus ticket, setting off into the desert to track Sofia down and bring her home.
praise for welcome to the slipstream
"At its heart, Welcome to the Slipstream is about what it truly means to save someone.”
— Sandy Hall, Author of A Little Something Different
“a book you won't soon forget”
“Welcome to the Slipstream had me from the get-go. From the incredible cast of characters to Burian’s sharp prose, this debut novel was impossible to put down. Gorgeous and complicated, this is a book you won't soon forget.”
— Jessica Valenti, New York Times Bestselling Author
“I will read this book again and again”
“Natalka Burian’s Van is a furious misfit, a genuine punk-rock genius, and quite possibly crazy. But I will read this book again and again . . . if it means I can keep listening to all the true things she has to say.”
— Louisa Luna, Author of Brave New Girl
“Las Vegas–based exploration of identity and family”
“Readers … will be enthralled by Burian's eerie depictions of the Sedona community and left pondering the deep emotional complexities of parent-child relationships.”
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