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Also by Paula McLain:

Skylark, January 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
When the Stars Go Dark, April 2021
Hardcover
Love and Ruin, May 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Circling the Sun, August 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Paris Wife, March 2011
Hardcover
A Ticket to Ride, January 2008
Hardcover

A TICKET TO RIDE
By: Paula McLain

Ecco
January 2008
On Sale: January 8, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 0061340510
EAN: 9780061340512
Hardcover
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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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