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Title: Debut Novel The Long Deep Kiss Explores Teen Emotions

United States, 12th Nov 2025 - First-time author Carla Janey has entered the literary world with The Long Deep Kiss, a candid and evocative coming-of-age novel set in the familiar rhythms of a rural Pennsylvania high school. Part nostalgic reflection and part unflinching exploration, Janey’s debut offers readers an intimate look at the complicated terrain of teenage life where longing collides with expectation, and the desire to belong pushes against the boundaries of small-town norms.The novel centers on Terri Lightner, a diligent but restless senior at Westbrook High. Terri is bright, witty, and driven, but beneath her academic success lies a gnawing sense of isolation and a yearning for something more. Her heart is drawn to Calvin Whittaker, a football player who shares her intelligence but struggles with his contradictions. Surrounding Terri is a tight-knit group of friends, each navigating their dramas, and her younger sister Cheri, whose boldness and unapologetic choices clash with Terri’s cautious approach to life and love.The author, Carla Janey, grew up in rural Central Pennsylvania, only a few miles from where her novel unfolds. She studied Biology at Thiel College, a background that speaks to her discipline and love of detail, but it is her lived experiences that shape the emotional honesty of her fiction. Now raising two young sons with her husband, Janey turns to storytelling as a way to preserve memory, reimagine youth, and spark conversations about identity, choices, and the many forms of courage. The Long Deep Kiss is her first published work, and though it is not autobiographical, it is steeped in the echoes of her own teenage years.From tense classroom scenes and whispered conversations in crowded cafeterias to the anticipation of homecoming games and...

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