Outskirts Press announces The Metal Girl, by author Judy Sandra.

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(ePrintWire.Org) – Outskirts Press, Inc. has published The Metal Girl by Judy Sandra, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white in the FICTION / Literary category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $14.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/themetalgirl was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

About the Book (Excerpts & Info)

"A magical journey through the geography of psyche and soul..."
Rev. Tom Martinez
All Souls Bethlehem Church

During the dreary month of March in Copenhagen in the early 1970s, a 25 year old American woman travels on a solitary quest to become, in her mind, a "woman of the world." In fact, she is lost, adrift, dislocated, not only from familiar surroundings but from her innermost being: "It was the era of rising feminist consciousness, but my mind had not yet caught up to my age and my consciousness was not the part of me that was rising up that winter." The memoir-like narrative of The Metal Girl is told by the mature woman who looks back on her younger, more naive self. Describing a timeless and highly personal milieu, she tells her story with intimate candor as it unfolds in a lyrical, ironic and insightful voice.

She takes a room in a cheap pension, which, unbeknownst to her, is located on the edge of the city's red light district. The hotel is run by the enigmatic Elke, a quintessential blond, Scandinavian beauty, and Manfred, a German man of beefy proportions and portentous looks. Venturing out one evening to a jazz club, she meets Olaf, who attracts her with his handsome face, kindness and charm, and his friend Elizabeth, whom she finds the most alluring of all beautiful, poetic, intelligent, mysterious, wise and tragic.

Her journey through these relationships climaxes late one night when she discovers the raison d'être of everyone else and, even more surprising, the disillusioning truth about herself.



Deftly constructed at 193 pages, The Metal Girl is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the FICTION / Literary category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, The Metal Girl meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Additionally, The Metal Girl can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks

ISBN: 9780578038780 Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white SRP: $14.95


For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/themetalgirl

About the Author

JUDY SANDRA is a novelist, journalist and musician Her first short stories won her a prestigious "waitership" scholarship to the venerable Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. She earned her M.A. in fiction from The City College, CUNY. www.judysandra.com

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.