Into the Forest - Hardcover

Hegland, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0553106686 ISBN 13: 9780553106688

Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 1997

Synopsis

First published by a small publisher to popular acclaim, a novel traces the relationship of two sisters who survive a near-future apocalypse and retreat into a forest where they relearn what it means to be human. 55,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Jean Hegland's "Into the Forest
"[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel."
"--San Francisco Chronicle
"A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, "Into the Forest is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love."
--Riane Eisler, author of "The Chalice and the Blade
*"From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the...narrator pull the reader in....A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's "1984."
"--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Beautifully written."
"--Kirkus Reviews
"This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together."
--Carol Saline, co-author of "Sisters
"Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise....[A] fine first novel."
--John Keeble, author of "Yellowfish

Praise for Jean Hegland's "Into the Forest"

"[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel."
"--San Francisco Chronicle"

"A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, "Into the Forest" is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love."
--Riane Eisler, author of "The Chalice and the Blade"

*"From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the...narrator pull the reader in....A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's "1984.""
"--Publishers Weekly, "starred review

"Beautifully written."
"--Kirkus Reviews"

"This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together."
--Carol Saline, co-author of "Sisters"

"Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise....[A] fine first novel."
--John Keeble, author of "Yellowfish"

Praise for Jean Hegland's "Into the Forest"
"[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel."
"--San Francisco Chronicle"
"A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, "Into the Forest" is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love."
--Riane Eisler, author of "The Chalice and the Blade"
*"From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the...narrator pull the reader in....A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's "1984.""
"--Publishers Weekly, "starred review
"Beautifully written."
"--Kirkus Reviews"
"This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together."
--Carol Saline, co-author of "Sisters"
"Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise....[A] fine first novel."
--John Keeble, author of "Yellowfish"

Praise for Jean Hegland's Into the Forest

"[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, Into the Forest is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love."
--Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade

*"From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the...narrator pull the reader in....A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's 1984."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Beautifully written."
--Kirkus Reviews

"This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one's own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together."
--Carol Saline, co-author of Sisters

"Jean Hegland's sense of character is firm, warm, and wise....[A] fine first novel."
--John Keeble, author of Yellowfish

About the Author:

Jean Hegland is the author of The Life Within: Celebration of a Pregnancy.  She lives with her husband and three children in northern California on fifty-five acres of second-growth forest.  She is at work on her next novel, which explores the issues of motherhood.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0553106686
• ISBN 13: 9780553106688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 241