~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2024
New York City, 1966: Living in a rundown apartment with no real role models, seventeen-year-old high school dropout Mae is thrilled when presented with a job offer that will remake her world: transcribing tapes for the unconventional novel being created by artist Andy Warhol about his many famous and alluring friends. However, as Mae grows increasingly obsessed with the tapes and numb to her own reality, she must grapple with the thin line between art and voyeurism . . .
A mordantly funny, whip-smart coming-of-age story that brilliantly interrogates the nature of friendship and independence, as well as the construction of art and identity, Nothing Special brings to life the experience of young girls during an iconic and turbulent moment in time.
“With a healthy dash of dark humor, Nothing Special showcases Flattery's unflinching observations of human complexity.” -- Electric Literature