The Longings of Wayward Girls: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1476724911
- ISBN-13
- 9781476724911
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 315
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-07-02
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Karen Brown
Description
Twenty years after she and her best friend played a prank on a girl who subsequently disappeared, now-married Sadie begins to relive that nightmarish summer after a boy from her old neighborhood returns to town and unsolved mysteries begin to unravel. Original.
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