num_pages: 192
description: On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or escapes to her best friend’s house—until Katie’s admiration for her strong-willed sister leads her on an adventure that transforms her life. 
language: English
title: Durable Goods
titlecomplete: Durable Goods (Katie Nash, #1)
genres: Family, Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Chick Lit, Adult Fiction, Womens Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 9765
places: Texas
series: Katie Nash
publisher: Random House