by ToddSolondz (Author)
Welcome to the Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about eleven-year-old Dawn Wiener, a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey. Sometimes hated, often reviled, seldom understood, Dawn tries in vain to put on a happy face as she struggles through the onset of what looks to be a long puberty. Life is generally grim, and sometimes it only gets grimmer. Nevertheless, she does find moments of grace amidst the humiliation of her first series of frustrated love affairs, and soon Dawn begins to wonder if life might not be better outside New Jersey.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 18 Nov 1996
ISBN 10: 0571190502
ISBN 13: 9780571190508
Book Overview: This film won the Grand Prize as the best film at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival.