We Run the Tides

If there were any doubt as the viciousness of 8th grade girls, Vendela Vida dispels it. She perfectly captures the voice of Eulabee, a 13-year old girl growing up in Sea Cliff in San Francisco in the 80s, navigating the awkward and painful trajectory of middle school with its mean girls and mixed-message emitting boys. We Run the Tides is razor sharp at surfacing the hair’s breadth distinctions in wealth amongst the wealthy (you’re nothing without an ocean view). I grew up in Marin just miles away from here and there are just so many details in here that ring true from the dining room used only for guests to the pack mentality of girls just discovering the power of their physical selves.