How it's Done - Hardcover

.,." will strike a chord with many teens." "MacLean delivers a gently redemptive, compelling story of a young woman who wants to grow up too fast." "Convincing characters and eloquent, hard-hitting first-person narration make this novel a gut-wrenching look at growing up and finding yourself." "MacLean's writing moves the action swiftly enough for reluctant readers, and girls, who like Grace, relish romantic reads, will keep this book circulating."

Brought up in a God-fearing home, eighteen-year-old Grace feels trapped in a "suburban Alcatraz" by her hypocritical holy roller father and timid mother. And then he walks into her life...Michael Irving is a college professor, a man of the world, more likely to quote Shelley than scripture, and he's gorgeous. He is everything Grace has ever dreamed of - and he loves her. Freedom brings with it unanticipated complications, though, and Grace emerges from a cage only to find herself in a maze. She quickly discovers that being the lover - and then the fiancee - of an older man is not all poetry and chardonnay. Told from Grace's perspective, "How It's Done" is an unflinching and insightful story of a young woman discovering who she wants to be.