{"text":"It was a time before Facebook and Instagram and texting. I imagine it must be easier now, for college students. Home must not feel so far away anymore. But how do you cut the apron strings if the strings are virtual?","author":"Kirstie Collins Brote","tags":["college","facebook","fiction","growing-up","instagram","leaving-home","new-adult-fiction","new-adult-lit"],"id":145056,"author_id":"Kirstie+Collins+Brote"}