Five Little Bitches - Tapa blanda

Fiction. FIVE LITTLE BITCHES chronicles the intertwining lives of five young women, each of whom is plagued by her own unique demons, and all of whom are devoted to music, the punk-rock lifestyle, and an underground code of solidarity. The novel details each of the girls' personal histories alongside the rise and fall of their band, Wet Leather. As the band progresses, the girls tour Canadian, American and European small towns and big cities, and all the alleys, gutters, back stages, vans, hotel rooms, highways and airways in between. At its heart, FIVE LITTLE BITCHES asks whether alternative music and youth culture can be an effective mode of subversion and empowerment.

Teresa McWhirter grew up in Kimberley, in the east Kootenays of interior BC. She received a BA with a double major in English and Creative Writing from the University of Victoria. After extensive travel across Canada and the US, her first novel, Some Girls Do (Raincoast/Polestar books, 2002) was published. Following an assortment of jobs, including teaching English in Korea, driving an ice cream truck, and scaring children at a haunted house, she published the novel Dirtbags (Anvil Press, 2007) and the young adult novel Skank (Lorimer, 2011). During the past few years Teresa has toured Europe and North America with punk rock bands, gathering material for FIVE LITTLE BITCHES (Anvil Press, 2012). She lives in East Vancouver.