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The line painter
It{u2019}s 1:08 a.m. when Carrie{u2019}s car breaks down on the highway somewhere north of Lake Superior. It{u2019}s dark, the road is quiet, her cell phone is down, and she is alone. She took off from Toronto that morning, running from grief over the death of her boyfriend, and unable to cope with the truth about the events that led to it. The relief Carrie feels as a truck pulls up soon turns to fear after its driver offers her a lift. Frank, her would-be rescuer, is a line painter, putting lines on the road ?to stop people from being killed.? But after Carrie gets in the truck, she starts to realize that this will be the road trip of her life{u2014}a trip of terror, transformation and forgiveness. Claire Cameron has created a unique portrait of Carrie, a young woman whose actions are driven by grief and shame, her personality a beguiling combination of naïveté and streetsmarts....
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