A Ticket to Ride by Paula Mclain

A Ticket to Ride by Paula Mclain

In the long, hot Illinois summer of 1973, insecure, motherless Jamie falls under the dangerous spell of her older, more worldly cousin Fawn, who's come to stay with Jamie and her uncle as penance for committing an unmentionable act.

It is a time of awakenings and corruptions, of tragedy and loss, as Jamie slowly discovers the extent to which Fawn will use anything and anyone to further her own ends--and recognizes, perhaps too late, her own complicity in the disaster that takes shape around them.

A captivating story about a teenager's struggle to be accepted by her peers. . . . The story is more than believable--it simply comes alive. The book perfectly captures the free-spirited attitude of the decade and the curiosity of adolescence.--Tampa Tribune

McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies. --Chicago Sun-Times

--Dan Chaon, author of You Remind Me of Me

PAULA MCLAIN was born in Fresno, CA in 1965. After being abandoned by both parents, she and her two sisters became wards of the California Court System, moving in and out of foster homes for the next 14 years. Eventually, she discovered she could -- and wanted to -- write. She received her MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan in 1996, and since then has been a resident at Yaddo and the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. She is the author of two collections of poetry, a much-praised memoir called Like Family (Little Brown, 2003), and one previous and well-received novel, A Ticket to Ride. Paula McLain lives in Cleveland, OH with her family.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9780061340529
ISBN 10	0061340529
Title	A Ticket to Ride
Author	Paula Mclain
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	2015-11-24
Number of pages	272
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