Within the lengthy, sizzling Illinois summer season of 1973, insecure, motherless Jamie falls beneath the harmful spell of her older, extra worldly cousin Fawn, who’s come to stick with Jamie and her uncle as penance for committing an “unmentionable act.”
It’s a time of awakenings and corruptions, of tragedy and loss, as Jamie slowly discovers the extent to which Fawn will use something and anybody to additional her personal ends—and acknowledges, maybe too late, her personal complicity within the catastrophe that takes form round them.
“A fascinating story about an adolescent’s wrestle to be accepted by her friends. . . . The story is greater than plausible—it merely comes alive. The guide completely captures the free-spirited angle of the last decade and the curiosity of adolescence.”—Tampa Tribune
“McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies.” —Chicago Solar-Instances
Writer : Ecco; Reprint version (November 24, 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0061340529
ISBN-13 : 978-0061340529
Merchandise Weight : 2.31 kilos
Dimensions : 0.8 x 5.3 x 7.8 inches
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