Desire Lines, Christina Baker Kline
Desire Lines, Christina Baker Kline
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Desire Lines
A Novel

Author: Christina Baker Kline

Narrator: Amanda Troop

Unabridged: 12 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 07/28/2015


Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, and the critically acclaimed author of Bird in Hand and The Way Life Should Be, comes a novel about friendship and the memories that haunt us—includes a special PS section featuring insights, interviews, and more.On the night of her high school graduation, Kathryn Campbell sits around a bonfire with her four closest friends, including the beautiful but erratic Jennifer.  “I’ll be fine,” Jennifer says, as she walks away from the dying embers and towards the darkness of the woods. She never came back.Ten years later, Kathryn has tried to build a life for herself, with a marriage and a career as a journalist, but she still feels the conspicuous void of Jennifer’s disappearance. When her divorce sends her reeling back to the Maine town where she grew up, she finds herself plunged into a sea of memories. With nothing left to lose, she is determined to answer one simple question: What ever happened to Jennifer Pelletier?

About Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times bestsellers Orphan Train, The Exiles, and A Piece of the World. Her novels have received the New England Society Book Award for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and several bookseller awards, among other prizes. Born in England, she was raised in the American South and Maine. She lives in New York City and in Southwest Harbor, Maine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

This is the second of Christina Baker Kline's novels, published in the late 90's. She is my author of the year, so I have enjoyed reading her older works. The book about a young journalist coming home after ten years. She is haunted by the disappearance of her best friend on the night of her graduat......more

Goodreads review by Sara

Let's just get this out of the way up front: was this book as good as Orphan Train? No. No it wasn't. To be honest thought, Orphan Train was so great for me that I almost wish I had read her other books before Orphan Train so I'd feel like she was progressively getting better and better. With that s......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

Less than mediocre at best. I chose this book to explore more works by the Author of Orphan Train. From the synopsis I expected a suspense and thriller. Instead it was a weak story about a high school reunion at best. I struggled to finish and kept loosing interest till the end. I'm glad that Ms Kli......more