Author : Heather Joy Hampton
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462858880
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)
Book Synopsis Marina Girl by : Heather Joy Hampton
Download or read book Marina Girl written by Heather Joy Hampton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olivia Michaels knew she was embarking on an adventure when she moved to San Francisco, but she had no idea her address would label her a social pariah commonly referred to as a Marina girl. The Marina girl is a stereotype of a preppy, generic young woman who lives in the tiny neighborhood known as the Marina. You need to know about the history of the Marina to understand how and why the Marina girl developed into the albatross of San Francisco. After the 1906 earthquake, the city pushed all the ashes and rubble north down the steep hills of Pacific Heights, creating a landfill adjacent to a former pasture that later became the Cow Hollow neighborhood. Hundreds of Mediterranean-style homes were constructed in the 1920s on land that jiggled better than Bill Cosbys Jell-O when the 1989 earthquake hit. Most of the longtime residents moved away, leaving yuppie youngsters, perhaps less aware of their own mortality, to take over the neighborhood. Twenty years later, the Marina is the playground for San Franciscos worst nightmare, otherwise known as the Marina girl.