Local girls was promising, but ended up being a flop. Maybe it was because there were other, better books awaiting me, but the book just wasn't very great. There were a few good, even captivating parts. but, mostly it was full of sections that were much too short (although they felt very long) and did not fully describe the atmosphere of the place where the main character lives. I never truly felt the yearning that she wanted to leave her small, stifling town. As a girl who would like to leave her small town ASAP, I just felt Alice Hoffman didn't deliver.