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It's the summer of 1983. Ronald Reagan is in the White House, Princess Leia is on magazine covers, and Thea Knox is on the road. Fresh out of college, Thea is driving solo from California to New York. Her plan is to house-sit for her parents for the summer, but they sell her childhood home on a whim, leaving Thea (once again) to her own...

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Warm and occasionally edgy, this self-discovery-on-the-road novel evokes meaningful memories.

* Foreword Reviews *

Rodgers avoids platitudes and easy endings, and this story shines all the brighter against that which is not said. Simple but sharp and perfectly timed for a summer road trip.

* Kirkus Reviews *

Well imagined... [an] always-engaging coming-of-age novel.

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This Must Be the Place

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    A Paperback / softback by Susan Jackson Rodgers

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 22 August 2017
      ISBN-13 9780875807683
      978-0875807683
      ISBN-10 0875807682
      Also in:
      Travel and holiday

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      It's the summer of 1983. Ronald Reagan is in the White House, Princess Leia is on magazine covers, and Thea Knox is on the road. Fresh out of college, Thea is driving solo from California to New York. Her plan is to house-sit for her parents for the summer, but they sell her childhood home on a whim, leaving Thea (once again) to her own...

      Trade Review

      Warm and occasionally edgy, this self-discovery-on-the-road novel evokes meaningful memories.

      * Foreword Reviews *

      Rodgers avoids platitudes and easy endings, and this story shines all the brighter against that which is not said. Simple but sharp and perfectly timed for a summer road trip.

      * Kirkus Reviews *

      Well imagined... [an] always-engaging coming-of-age novel.

      * Booklist *

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