Bestselling author Jaqueline Bublitz, whose own experience as an exchange student relied on the kindness of strangers, explores the dangers of trusting the wrong people in her new book. The novel follows Alice Lee and Ruby Jones, two young women navigating New York City alone, highlighting the risks and vulnerabilities they face. Bublitz draws inspiration from a real-life murder in Melbourne, prompting her to examine the fragility of safety and the potential for manipulation in the absence of a strong support network.
As a 16-year-old leaving New Zealand to live as an exchange student in a small town in the United States, Jaqueline Bublitz had to rely on the kindness of strangers. She lived with a family she didn’t know and often had teachers and other adults take her under their wing.
As soon as a manipulative person knows you don’t have a support network, you’re in danger, Bublitz says. “Ultimately, I never had those experiences. The fact that I consider myself lucky is really frustrating – I shouldn’t consider myselfA young woman’s murder in Melbourne’s botanic gardens provided the seed for the book.
Describing that time as her “method era”, Bublitz wandered around New York, at times loving it, feeling like she was in a movie, and at others, feeling extreme loneliness.
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