My Abandonment: Now a major film, ‘Leave No Trace', directed by Debra Granik ('Winter's Bone') - Softcover

Rock, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473691966 ISBN 13: 9781473691964

Publisher: John Murray, 2018

Synopsis

'A beautiful, strange novel . . . Fascinating and moving, it tells with great tenderness how human love goes wrong' Ursula K. Le Guin

'The recent novel I recommend most . . . a short, disciplined, unsettling book' Hanya Yanagihara

Thirteen-year-old Caroline and her father live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. Day to day, they live in an elaborate cave shelter, wash in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, tend a garden and even keep a library of sorts. Once a week they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilised world. But one small mistake allows a jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence.

Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of its young narrator, Caroline, My Abandonment is a gripping journey into life in the wilderness and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.

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Review:

Poignant . . . My Abandonment lingers in the mind, leaving you as haunted as its mesmerizing characters (New York Post)

The recent novel I recommend most . . . a short, disciplined, unsettling book (Hanya Yanagihara)

A beautiful, strange novel . . . Fascinating and moving, it tells with great tenderness how human love goes wrong (Ursula K. Le Guin)

An electrically charged, bone-deep and tender tale of loss and partial redemption. Surreal, haunting, elegiac (James Ellroy)

A book as fierce as it is tender, as tender as it is fierce (Junot Diaz)

Book Description:

Now a major film directed by Debra Granik (Winter's Bone), which premiered at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals to critical acclaim.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Murray
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1473691966
• ISBN 13: 9781473691964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240