01657cam a2200265 4500 681613530 TxAuBib 140319s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013387505 9781477817155 pbk. 1477817158 pbk. 9781477867150 ebk. 1477867155 ebk. (OCoLC)828045414 BTCTA eng BTCTA OCO FOLLT YW6 BDX VP@ YDXCP B@L OCLCO OCLCF DLC TxAuBib Park, Jessica. Left drowning : a novel / by Jessica Park. 1st ed. Las Vegas, NV : Skyskape, 2013. 399 p. ;PB ; 22 cm. Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn't expect--an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she's been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family's traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning. 17 and up. College students YA FIC. Bildungsromans.