Her parents, who taught at Goddard College at the time, are both writers. Miranda July was born in Barre, Vermont, the daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of 'July,' which can be traced to a character from a 'girlzine' Miranda created with a high school friend called 'Snarla.' She currently resides in Los Angeles, California, after having lived for many years in Portland, Oregon. Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a performance artist, musician, writer, actress and film director. The First Bad Man is dazzling, disorienting, and unforgettable. Tender, gripping, slyly hilarious, infused with raging sexual fantasies and fierce maternal love, Miranda July's first novel confirms her as a spectacularly original, iconic and important voice today, and a writer for all time. And yet it is Clee-the selfish, cruel blond bombshell-who bullies Cheryl into reality and, unexpectedly, provides her the love of a lifetime. When Cheryl's bosses ask if their twenty-one-year-old daughter Clee can move into her house for a little while, Cheryl's eccentrically-ordered world explodes. She believes they've been making love for many lifetimes, though they have yet to consummate in this one. Cheryl is also obsessed with Phillip, a philandering board member at the women's self-defense non-profit where she works.

She is haunted by a baby boy she met when she was six, who sometimes recurs as other people's babies. Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat.

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of No One Belongs Here More Than You, a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny-so Miranda July-readers will be blown away.

The first bad man by miranda july