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CRAZY HORSE'S GIRLFRIEND

Erika T. Wurth

Margaritte is a sharp-tongued, drug-dealing, sixteen-year-old Native American floundering in a Colorado town crippled by poverty, unemployment, and drug abuse. She hates the burnout, futureless kids surrounding her and dreams that she and her unreliable new boyfriend can move far beyond the bright lights of Denver that float on the horizon before the daily suffocation of teen pregnancy eats her alive.

This is an ADULT novel with YA crossover. Erika T. Wurth is Apache / Chickasaw / Cherokee and was raised on the outskirts of Denver. She teaches creative writing at Western Illinois University and was a writer-in-residence at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals, including Boulevard, Fiction, Pembroke, Florida Review, Stand, Cimarron Review, The Cape Rock, Southern California Review and Drunken Boat. Her debut collection of poetry, Indian Trains, was published by The University of New Mexico’s West End Press.

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Book Published 2014-09-01 by Curbside Spendor

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Erika T. Wurth’s first novel, Crazyhorse’s Girlfriend, is gritty and tough and sad beyond measure; but is also contains startling, heartfelt moments of hope and love. In my opinion, a writer can’t do much better than that.

Wurth infuses her debut novel with impassioned teen spirit…

There’s no horror flick or disaster movie scarier than a teenager’s life. I found myself wanting to cover my eyes and shout, ‘Girl, don’t go there.” while reading. Erika T. Wurth writes about a young woman’s longing with such heart and soul, it made me want to cry. Here she chronicles the poor with compassion and respect, and depicts their moments of joy with the only language worthy of such heights–poetry. I hope this book is the first in a long series of this young woman’s life. If so, sign me up. I can’t wait to read the next volume.

Kudos to Wurth for producing a gripping and heart-wrenching narrative that is not only a must read for young adult and older readers, but also a wonderful addition to Native American literature.

Wurth captures the violence and terrifying instability of domestic abuse with gritty language and emotional appeal.

Erika T. Wurth’s first novel is a knockout — packing a raw punch of emotional truth that makes an unforgettable impact.

Tough, tender, and funny as hell, Erika T. Wurth’s unflinching debut novel ‘Crazyhorse’s Girlfriend’ illuminates the grim world of Idaho Springs. Wurth’s raw, muscular writing takes the gritty story of a pregnant sixteen-year-old drug dealer and transforms bathos into a revelatory journey. Immensely compelling and readable. Couldn’t put it down.

A compelling and affecting look at the ineluctable awfulness of some teens’ lives.