THE GIRL FROM LONG GUYLAND
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491_9781938749032
MEMOIR MEETS THRILLER: Set against a 1969 psychedelic love-in backdrop, The Girl From Long Guyland is shared through the eyes of Laila Levin when decades later, an unsolved murder pulls her reluctantly into her past.Laila enjoys a successful marriage and a thriving career in Austin, Texas. When her company announces a layoff, she is caught between an unscrupulous CEO and her promiscuous boss. Then news of her college roommates suicide stirs up an old love triangle and dark secret from her past. Suddenly, its 1969 again and Lailas left her sheltered Long Island home for college in Connecticut. Shes tempted by the sex, drugs, and rock n roll that rule her generation and gets swept up in a deceptive love triangle and initiated into an unethical hippie family leading to tragedy.Laila must now juggle the demands of her perplexed husband, her successful career, and her baby boomer past, endangering her survival and challenging her conscience. ?She learns that the lines between right and wrong are often blurred, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.EDITORIAL REVIEWS:In Rezniks debut novel, a woman confronts long-buried secrets when an old college friend commits suicide. . . . While effective as a page-turner, the novel also tells a timeless, universal tale of a womans journey toward self-acceptance. An exciting tale of past crimes and dangerous friendships. --Kirkus ReviewsLaila Levin is an I.T. executive in Austin, TX, with a happy marriage and a successful career. But her life is about to get much more complicated. Laila is forced to confront a dark part of her past that she never shared with her husband. . . . Readers, particularly those who remember the late 1960s, will find this an entertaining read. --Publishers Weekly????? Lara Reznik masterfully creates a story that brings the past and present together seamlessly. . . . I can honestly say it is not often that the plot of a book surprises me the way this one
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