{"product_id":"leaving-the-station-9780063078772","title":"Leaving the Station","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNina LaCour meets Alyson Derrick in this cross-country journey of identity, love, and friendships as Zoe tries to figure out her life, one train stop at a time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoe's life has gone off the rails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she left Seattle to go to college in New York, she was determined to start fresh, to figure out what being a lesbian meant to her, to experiment with clothes and presentation away from home for the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she lost touch with her freshman orientation friend group, skipped classes, and failed completely at being the studious premed student her parents wanted her to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the biggest derailment of all? Her newly minted ex-boyfriend--and the fact that she had a boyfriend to begin with. When she met Alden, he made her feel wanted, he made her feel free. He made her feel . . . like she could be like him, which was exciting and confusing all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, Zoe decides a second fresh start is in order: She's going to take a cross-country train from New York to Seattle for fall break. There, no one will know who she is, and she can outrun her mistakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr so she thinks until she meets Oakley, who's the opposite of Zoe in so many ways: effortlessly cool and hot, smart, self-assured. But as Zoe and Oakley make their way across the country, Zoe realizes that Oakley's life has also gone off the rails--and that they might just be able to help each other along before that train finally leaves the station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Storytide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063078772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jake Maia Arlow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258293387445,"sku":"9780063078772","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4f8b29f4-e77a-4285-a06d-41d3c2b3c8ef.jpg?v=1750814747","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leaving-the-station-9780063078772","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}