We Run the Tides

"[An] atmospheric, glistering novel of adolescence and innocence lost...Vida perfectly captures the panicky feeling inherent to adolescence, of wanting to know everything that's going on, but being aware that you'll probably only ever scratch the surface of the truth." Refinery29

"[A]n engaging, intelligent story." Town & Country

"If you can't get enough '80s nostalgia (and I count myself among you), Vendela Vida's latest will scratch that itch. In this tense story of teen female friendship and betrayal in the pre-tech bro years of San Francisco, BFFs Eulabee and Maria Fabiola have a dramatic falling out that's followed by Maria Fabiola's disappearance. Early readers have been responding with ALL CAPS-level excitement; my curiosity is suitably piqued. " LitHub

"Vendela Vida crafts a tense tale of girlhood, privilege, and innocence."

 Alma

“We Run the Tides is saturated with feeling from the very start. It's hypnotic, knowing, sometimes funny and always propulsive as it examines girlhood, friendship, and the strong pull of the past.” Meg Wolitzer

“We Run the Tides is smart, perceptive, elegant, sad, surprising and addictive. And it's also FUNNY. Who knew that you could combine all of those qualities into one slim volume? Not many writers, that's for sure. I loved every single page, and was sorry when I had to say goodbye to Eulabee and her family." Nick Hornby

"From the first page, We Run the Tides is captivating. A story about girlhood, friendship, and the pathologies of innocence and victimhood, it reminds me of Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend, but set against the furious backdrop of San Francisco's Sea Cliff neighborhood. Its scope, ferocity, and main characters are unforgettable. Vendela Vida is masterful at constructing the nuances and complications of how young girls become aware of their power, and the choices they make once they wield it." Sally Wen Mao, author of Oculus

"The young narrator of Vendela Vida's new novel is cast out of her friend crew (For what? For nothing) at the moment she and the girls around her are just beginning to understand the power they hold, and how to wield it. There's violence lurking here, but also humor (it's funny!), also love. This is one of the best novels about girlhood and female friendship I've ever read." Mary Beth Keane, author of Ask Again, Yes

“I didn't want it to end.” Tom Stoppard

“Set in a pre-tech boom San Francisco that feels moody, foreboding, and magical, this enigmatic tale of adolescent friendship, a disappearance, and coming-of-age is smart, sly, and as knowing about the mind and heart of a teenage girl as an Elena Ferrante novel.” O, the Oprah Magazine