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."poet and memoirist McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"Absorbing, tantalizing, and super-heated as an endless summer day."--Michelle Wildgen, author of You're Not You
."..a haunting coming-of-age story...sun-dazzled prose that hides a cold, foreboding underbelly...gorgeous writing."--Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects
"Paula McLain has put a poet's ear to the urgency of adolescence...a strong throb of a first novel."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
."..a vivid portrait of the summer of '73...the relationships it expores are timeless...a genuine literary accomplishment."--Dan Chaon, author of You Remind Me of Me
"[McLain's] writing is gorgeous, and Jamie and Fawn are heartbreakingly real."--Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of Strangers
"Filled with mystery and longing, McLain lays bare the raw emotion that guides us all..."--Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle
."..[A] beautifully written book...deeply felt and engrossing--an immense pleasure to read."--Leah Stewart, author of The Myth of You and Me
"Assured and ambitious... the complicated bonds of a makeshift family... lyrical precision. A deft and haunting book."--Katharine Noel, author of Halfway House
."..poet and memoirist McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies."--Chicago Sun-Times
About the Author:
"Absorbing, tantalizing, and super-heated as an endless summer day."--Michelle Wildgen, author of You're Not You
."..a haunting coming-of-age story...sun-dazzled prose that hides a cold, foreboding underbelly...gorgeous writing."--Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects
"Paula McLain has put a poet's ear to the urgency of adolescence...a strong throb of a first novel."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
."..a vivid portrait of the summer of '73...the relationships it expores are timeless...a genuine literary accomplishment."--Dan Chaon, author of You Remind Me of Me
"[McLain's] writing is gorgeous, and Jamie and Fawn are heartbreakingly real."--Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of Strangers
"Filled with mystery and longing, McLain lays bare the raw emotion that guides us all..."--Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle
."..[A] beautifully written book...deeply felt and engrossing--an immense pleasure to read."--Leah Stewart, author of The Myth of You and Me
"Assured and ambitious... the complicated bonds of a makeshift family... lyrical precision. A deft and haunting book."--Katharine Noel, author of Halfway House
."..poet and memoirist McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies."--Chicago Sun-Times
Paula McLain received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan, and has been a resident of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. She is the author of two collections of poetry, two novels, and a memoir, and lives in Cleveland with her family.
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- PublisherEcco Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0061340510
- ISBN 13 9780061340512
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages254
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