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For Connor, Fiona, and Beckett. Well let me tell you ’bout the way she looked. Other Books by Paula McLain. The way she acted, the color of her hair. Her voice was soft and cool. Her eyes were clear and bright. For years it was August.

A Ticket to Ride: A Novel (. Paula McLain is a good writer, this is somewhat different from the historical fiction biographies, but well worth the read. Published on March 29, 2016. alternates between Jamie's point of view and her Uncle Raymond's, and as we follow the story arcs of the two characters, the picture fills in and presents the full story. Each chapter is titled with songs from the era, and sometimes, I could almost hear the music lilting in the background.

A Ticket to Ride book. Set in the long, hot summer of 1973, Paula McLain's lyrical debut novel explores what happens when an insecure, motherless teenager falls under 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?

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A Ticket to Ride: A Novel. 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 strong throb of a first novel. Cleveland Plain Dealer. writing is gorgeous, and Jamie and Fawn are heartbreakingly real. Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of Strangers

The book perfectly captures the free-spirited attitude of the decade and the curiosity of. .McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies. Paula McLain received an MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan, and has been a resident of Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony

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. 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. Библиографические данные. A Ticket to Ride: A Novel. Harper Collins, 2009.

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

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

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