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Heather young, author of the lost girls part campus novel, part comingofage story, the drifter by christine lennon is a compelling and thoughtful debut about how the past can press against the present, and haunt it its heroine s ongoing struggles to fit in and find herself will compel you to turn the page. Its a cross between both and the author does a fine. Former traditional home editor christine lennon pulls back the curtain on sorority life in the south in her debut novel, the drifter. The prologue of lennons deeply felt but flawed debut, more a comingofage novel than a thriller, centers on betsy young, who 20 years. Heather young, author of the lost girls part campus novel, part comingofage story, the drifter by christine lennon is a compelling and thoughtful debut about how the past can press against the present, and haunt it. The reason for this fear dates back twenty years to her college days, when a series of horrific acts of violence changed the lives of betsy and her friends forever.
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