SYNTHETIC BI PRODUCTS - Softcover

SYNTHETIC BI PRODUCTS is a poignant coming of age story set in the heartlands of American slacker culture. Orleigh is a 19-year-old bisexual girl who sets out on a whirlwind journey of sexual escapades, drug-induced hallucinations, shoplifting sprees, and other criminal behaviour. Searching for identity and meaning, she runs wild through a landscape of lost teenagers - the mall rats, punks, Deadheads, freaks and grunge kids of the early 90s - first in Chicago then on to LA. Though she might feel lost herself at times, the undaunted, wise-cracking Orleigh never shies away from any kind of extreme experience, or from expressing her opinions. Sexy and romantic, a fast-paced story of lust, deception, and heartache, SYNTHETIC BI PRODUCTS is a compelling and original novel narrated in a bold, fresh, funny voice.

Sparrow L. Patterson is a 28-year-old novelist and poet living in Chicago. She is a member of the Hodge Podge Art Movement to which she donates her paintings (the proceeds go to shelters for abused women).