Description: McLains debut novel, set in the summer of 1973, tells the story of an insecure and motherless teenager who falls under the dangerous spell of her older cousin.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"Paula McLain has put a poet's ear to the urgency of adolescence...a strong throb of a first novel." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"...poet and memoirist McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies." -- Chicago Sun-Times
"[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 haunting coming-of-age story...sun-dazzled prose that hides a cold, foreboding underbelly...gorgeous writing." -- Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects
"...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
"...[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
"Absorbing, tantalizing, and super-heated as an endless summer day." -- Michelle Wildgen, author of You're Not You