We'd had this one night where we really connected…and the next day, I just shut down on him. It was so stupid of me.
—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride
—Sarah Dessen in Along for the Ride
Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas....
This is what daughters did. They left, and came home later with lives of their own.