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Both poignant and raw, white lines is a gripping tale and the reader won t want to look away. Despite the titles obvious drug reference, this is less a scareemstraight story than a memoirlike account of a lost club kid navigating 1980s new yorks underground parties. White lines is raw, a real bleeding wound of a story. In 1980s new york city, seventeenyearold caitlin tries to overcome h. Jennifer banash in 1980s new york city, seventeenyearold caitlin tries to overcome her mothers abuse and fathers abandonment by losing herself in nights of clubbing and drugs, followed by days of stumbling.
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Nick burd, author of the vast field of ordinary nick burd banash captures the pulsing atmospherics of the 80s club scene in minute and perfect detail, juxtaposing her descriptions of the outlandish fashions and stylized personalities. Plus, i really like how in the end theres a hopeful ending. So, basically this book is lots of drugs and clubbing and the 1980s. Gotham ghostwritersabout jennifer banash gotham ghostwriters.
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