Little Girl Gone

By Drusilla Campbell (Trade Paperback, 2012)

The case of a missing teenage girl profoundly impacts the lives of two people: Madora, the emotionally starved girlfriend in a complicated relationship with the kidnapper, and Django, the twelve-year-old boy who discovers the whereabouts of the teenager and plots to free both her and the kidnapper's girlfriend.

Madora has lived with Willis for 5 years after running away from home with him when she was 17. She tells herself she loves Willis, but time and events have tarnished his image. When he kidnaps a pregnant teenager and keeps her hidden, Madora begins to question why she stands by a man so morally reprehensible. Django comes into her life after following home one of the dogs she has rescued. The boy lost his parents in an accident and is living with his aunt who doesn't want him. Through their unlikely friendship, Madora learns to believe in herself and gather the strength to stand on her own; and Django gains a family in an unexpected place.

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- Format: Trade Paperback
- Price: $14.99 US/$16.50 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780446535793
- On Sale Date: 01/31/2012
- Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Drusilla Campbell is the author of three critically acclaimed novels: Wildwood, The Edge of Sky, and Blood Orange. Before she started school she had crossed the Pacific Ocean three times. In her twenties she lived in Europe and Central America. Today she's happy to stay at home in San Diego with her husband, the attorney and poet Art Campbell, two rescued dogs, and three horses.

"Little Girl Gone peers insightfully into the lives of people easily written off as monsters. With an economy of style, vivid details, and grace of expression, Drusilla Campbell has written a novel well worth staying up late to keep reading." (Laurel Corona, author of PENELOPE'S DAUGHTER and FINDING EMILIE ).
"Campbell's powerful novel explores the depth of depravity cloaked as charity and the ability to take a leap of faith and change the direction of one's life. This compelling story will stay with you long after the book is finished." (Monsters and Critics on Little Girl Gone

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"When is the last time you cheered out loud for a character in a novel? That's what I did as I read Drusilla Campbell's Little Girl Gone. The complex relationships between Campbell's richly drawn characters took me on a psychological roller coaster that tested my expectations, my values, and my heart. This story of tension and triumph is a perfect bookclub selection. Don't miss it!" (Diane Chamberlain, bestselling author of The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes).
"Nobody gets to the marrow of human flaws and frailties better than Drusilla Campbell. In LITTLE GIRL GONE you are immersed in the lives of people you think you'll never meet and come to care deeply about what happens to each of them. This is a compelling story that won't leave you alone even after you've turned the last page." (Judy Reeves, Author of A WRITER'S BOOK OF DAYS ).
"Resist the urge to turn the page to find out what happens next. Linger, instead, to savor the skillfully crafted writing." (Judy Reeves, author of Writing Alone, Writing Together on WILDWOOD).
"The pull of family and career, the limits of friendship and the demands of love all come to vivid life in Wildwood." (Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue on WILDWOOD).
"The story will make you ache for these two women who are bound inextricably and irrevocably by their shared past." (Bestselling author T. Greenwood on THE GOOD SISTER).
"With unflinching honesty, Drusilla Campbell explores the emotional complexities between sisters and mothers, and just how far we will go to hurt and help each other. Poignant and intense." (Ellen Newmark, author of The Book of Unholy Mischief on THE GOOD SISTER).
"Campbell burns through Simone's struggles and those of Roxanne in haunting, graphic detail. Should be on everyone's book club list." (Publisher's Weekly on THE GOOD SISTER).