Christina Baker Kline
© Copyright 2007 Christina Baker Kline. All Rights Reserved.
Kline researched dozens of missing persons cases around the country, interviewing police detectives,
journalists, forensic scientists, and psychologists in order to complete DESIRE LINES. Kline’s thorough research
combined with her emotional acuity results in a moving novel, a story that will leave readers with a fuller
understanding of both the power and obligations of memory.
journalists, forensic scientists, and psychologists in order to complete DESIRE LINES. Kline’s thorough research
combined with her emotional acuity results in a moving novel, a story that will leave readers with a fuller
understanding of both the power and obligations of memory.
Desire Lines, by Christina Baker Kline (William Morrow):
Critics describe DESIRE LINES as a suspenseful, emotionally compelling
novel that examines the nature of loss, friendship, and home. It is the
story of how two women lose their way at the beginning of their lives and
what it will take for one of them to find out why.
Ten years after Jennifer’s unexplained disappearance, Kathryn is a grad-
school dropout living in Virginia, stuck in a dead-end writing job and
marriage. She has few close friends; most people have learned not to
depend on her. When she decides to leave her husband, she ships her
boxes to her mother’s house in Bangor. She has nowhere else to go.
When Kathryn returns home, her former classmates are preparing for their
ten-year reunion. Old questions about graduation night surface. Jennifer
begins to dominate Kathryn’s life, just as she did in high school. Enigmatic
and troubled, Jennifer had always depended on Kathryn’s devotion and
asked for sacrifices. A decade after Jennifer walked into the woods alone,
Kathryn decides that she must follow her friend’s lead, one last time.
Involving herself in the daily rhythms of small-town life, Kathryn begins an
investigation into her past. She renews contacts with old friends and
teachers, using her skills as a journalist to reconstruct the life that she and
Jennifer shared. Kathryn knows that she must examine what she knew
about her friend, and what she didn’t. She must decide what she is willing
to risk to know the truth. She must decide what her own future is worth.
Critics describe DESIRE LINES as a suspenseful, emotionally compelling
novel that examines the nature of loss, friendship, and home. It is the
story of how two women lose their way at the beginning of their lives and
what it will take for one of them to find out why.
Ten years after Jennifer’s unexplained disappearance, Kathryn is a grad-
school dropout living in Virginia, stuck in a dead-end writing job and
marriage. She has few close friends; most people have learned not to
depend on her. When she decides to leave her husband, she ships her
boxes to her mother’s house in Bangor. She has nowhere else to go.
When Kathryn returns home, her former classmates are preparing for their
ten-year reunion. Old questions about graduation night surface. Jennifer
begins to dominate Kathryn’s life, just as she did in high school. Enigmatic
and troubled, Jennifer had always depended on Kathryn’s devotion and
asked for sacrifices. A decade after Jennifer walked into the woods alone,
Kathryn decides that she must follow her friend’s lead, one last time.
Involving herself in the daily rhythms of small-town life, Kathryn begins an
investigation into her past. She renews contacts with old friends and
teachers, using her skills as a journalist to reconstruct the life that she and
Jennifer shared. Kathryn knows that she must examine what she knew
about her friend, and what she didn’t. She must decide what she is willing
to risk to know the truth. She must decide what her own future is worth.
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