A Ticket to Ride: A Novel

A Ticket to Ride: A Novel
by Paula Mclain

A Ticket to Ride: A Novel
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Author: Paula Mclain
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-01
ISBN: 0061340510
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Ecco

Book Reviews of A Ticket to Ride: A Novel

Book Review: Beautifully written tale of vulnerability and bad choices
Summary: 5 Stars

I thought this was a great book! And an acquaintance who read it said "boy, McLain really knows how to get into the head of an adolescent!" That is certainly true - but Ticket to Ride is no teen-age novel. Poetic writing and fast action highlight a timeless tale of the choices we make for the wrong reasons - love, a need to belong, and misplaced loyalty. This is a carefully constructed story of two intertwined relationships that builds suspense gradually to a dynamite ending that keeps you on edge till the last sentence.

Summary of A Ticket to Ride: A Novel

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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