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  <about><![CDATA[Melissa Lion is a novelist and book critic. Her two novels, Swollen and Upstream were published by Random House. Her third novel is expected out next year.  Her work has appeared in Santa Monica Review, Other Voices and an anthology titled, The Crucifix is Down.  Upstream was recently optioned for a motion picture.<br/><br/>]]></about>
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    <![CDATA[Swollen]]>
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    <![CDATA[Samantha only wants to be loved. By her father, by her best friend, and now by the new boy at school, Farouk. The more time Sam spends with him, the more she can&#8217;t stop thinking about him. To escape, Sam runs track at school, finishing every race, but never pushing herself to the limit.<br/>Sam and Farouk spend afternoons at the beach where divers risk their lives to jump off high cliffs into the churning water below. Like the divers, Sam risks herself to be with Farouk, growing more and more attached to him, longing to feel safe enough to let herself go and show her true feelings.]]>
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  </authors>  <published>2004</published>
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    <![CDATA[Upstream]]>
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    <![CDATA[Marty&#8217;s small town in Alaska is the most beautiful place in the world.  There she and her beloved boyfriend, Steven, can walk through fields of fireweed, explore the wild, and tie pink floozy fishing lures to catch the salmon that swim upstream. But when she starts her senior year, Marty must return to school by herself.  Without Steven.  Something happened during the summer that changed things forever.  <br/><br/>It&#8217;s a small town and people are starting to talk; Marty can feel their stares and hear their whispers. But they weren&#8217;t there and they don&#8217;t know. Only Marty knows what really happened, and it&#8217;s something she must never, ever tell.<br/><br/><br/><em>From the Hardcover edition.</em>]]>
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