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Ecco
January 2008
On Sale: January 8, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 0061340510
EAN: 9780061340512
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Fiction
Remember that girl? The one who was impossibly cool,
who taught you how to blow smoke rings, cut school, sneak
out of the house? Remember how you turned yourself inside
out trying to be just like her—and then she broke your heart? Set in the long, hot summer of 1973, Paula McLain’s lyrical
debut novel explores what happens when an insecure,
motherless teenager falls under the dangerous spell of "that
girl"—her older cousin Fawn. Fawn’s worldly ways are
mesmerizing to Jamie, who submits to a makeover—both inside
and out—to win Fawn’s approval. But over the course of a
summer wrecked with tragedy and loss, Jamie learns that Fawn
will use anything and anyone to further her own motives.
When a local girl goes missing, Jamie realizes how dangerous
Fawn truly is, and recognizes, too late, her own complicity
in the disaster that unfolds around them. Paula McLain’s poignant debut is a compelling family
portrait that explores the darker sides of love and loyalty.
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Re: A Ticket to Ride
What a way to enjoy a book before you buy it. Better way of identifying authors you haven't read before.
(Dianne Westbrook 7:43pm April 4, 2008)
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