Books like White lines by Jennifer Banash
Caitlin, a seventeen‑year‑old New York City resident in the 1980s, faces a difficult home life marked by her mother’s abuse and her father’s absence. In an attempt to escape, she dives into the city's club scene, experimenting with drugs and alcohol. The narrative follows her turbulent days of aimless wandering through school and the painful process of confronting both her inner turmoil and the social pressures of adolescence within a complex family dynamic.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Coming of Age/Teen Coming of Age
Authors: Jennifer Banash
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