Beach City: Memoir of a 19-year Old Cali Girl

This self manifesto is a breathless, rushed, and intriguing piece of memoir. These 15 scenes capture a pivotal moment where a curious girl transitioning to adulthood proclaims ‘this is me and this is what I want’. Meet Alanna, a 19-year old college student seeking to give her personhood its own dictionary definition. The raw, intentional prose echoes the inner monologues that drive self. Glimpse into brief snapshots of the narrator’s world with family, friends and a bit about the ambitious convictions of youth. It’s an origin story of an ordinary girl. Alanna narrator paints a chaotic, abrupt and abbreviated portrait of who she think she is. The sentence style, tone, and words blend together to introduce the world to a young woman hoping - needing - to become a writer.