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THE LINE PAINTER
A twist on the classic road trip story, THE LINE PAINTER explores how the past, fear and memory alter perception. This tale of a woman fleeing from her grief and her guilt is a riveting adventure that you won't forget.
Fleeing guilt and grief over her recently deceased boyfriend, Carrie McDonald is on a solo cross-country road trip when her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere in Northern Ontario. Stranded on the side of the road with a dead cell-phone battery and a steaming car, Carrie has no choice but to wait for a rescuer to drive by.
Eventually, a slow-moving vehicle appears in the distance. Relieved at her good fortune, she soon becomes skeptical of the figure who emerges from the truck. For one thing, the steering wheel is on the wrong side, and the man himself is enough to make Carrie wary of the situation. Against her better judgment, however, Carrie gets into the truck, and so begins The Line Painter.
Frank paints the lines on the side of the road. He is bad-tempered, drinks too much, and is capable of violence, which Carrie soon discovers. Little did Carrie know that getting into Frank’s truck would begin the most harrowing few days of her life.
Claire Cameron has created in Carrie a sheltered character who exudes charm and intelligence, but whose grief has impaired her judgment. In Frank, however, she has crafted a man who is capable of tenderness, but whose inner demons and violent past checker his personality. In trying to escape the past that led to her sudden road trip, Carrie becomes impulsive and learns to feel comfortable with Frank-until one final violent confrontation that will affect Carrie forever.
Born in 1973, Claire Cameron grew up in Toronto. She studied History and Culture at Queen's University. She then worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing, and white-water rafting in Oregon. Next she worked in San Francisco for Pearson Plc before moving to London in 1999. There she was until recently director of Shift Media, a consultancy whose clients included the BBC, McGraw-Hill, and Oxford University Press. Claire has now returned to live in Toronto with her husband and son.
Eventually, a slow-moving vehicle appears in the distance. Relieved at her good fortune, she soon becomes skeptical of the figure who emerges from the truck. For one thing, the steering wheel is on the wrong side, and the man himself is enough to make Carrie wary of the situation. Against her better judgment, however, Carrie gets into the truck, and so begins The Line Painter.
Frank paints the lines on the side of the road. He is bad-tempered, drinks too much, and is capable of violence, which Carrie soon discovers. Little did Carrie know that getting into Frank’s truck would begin the most harrowing few days of her life.
Claire Cameron has created in Carrie a sheltered character who exudes charm and intelligence, but whose grief has impaired her judgment. In Frank, however, she has crafted a man who is capable of tenderness, but whose inner demons and violent past checker his personality. In trying to escape the past that led to her sudden road trip, Carrie becomes impulsive and learns to feel comfortable with Frank-until one final violent confrontation that will affect Carrie forever.
Born in 1973, Claire Cameron grew up in Toronto. She studied History and Culture at Queen's University. She then worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing, and white-water rafting in Oregon. Next she worked in San Francisco for Pearson Plc before moving to London in 1999. There she was until recently director of Shift Media, a consultancy whose clients included the BBC, McGraw-Hill, and Oxford University Press. Claire has now returned to live in Toronto with her husband and son.
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