Valencia is one of the few true life-changer books I've encountered. One of those books that gets casually slipped to you, and then, a couple hours later, you understand you've been living all wrong -- Torrey Peters, bestselling author of Detransition, Baby

If you want to know how dangerous and great and awful it is to be a girl you'll scarf Valencia right up. The street today is full of girls if you haven't noticed -- Eileen Myles, author of Chelsea Girls

Michelle Tea is an intoxicating writer, delivering sentences that land with the snap and force of a punch - Guardian

I consider Michelle Tea a literary MOTHER. I will forever tip my hat to her and the timeless and immortal text that is Valencia -- Brontez Purnell, author of 100 Boyfriends

A fast-paced account of one year in San Francisco's underground scene, filled with sex, drugs and the never-ending search for true love.