Heroes of the Frontier

Heroes of the Frontier

â€œA picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale â€”Â On the RoadÂ crossed with Henderson the Rain Kingâ€¦ Deeply affecting.â€Â â€”Michiko Kakutani,Â The New York TimesÂ

Longlisted forÂ an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionÂ

A captivating, often hilarious novel of family and wilderness from the bestselling author ofÂ The Circle, thisÂ is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story ofÂ adventure.
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Josie and her childrenâ€™s father have split up, sheâ€™s been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and sheâ€™s grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancÃ©eâ€™s family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RVÂ named the Chateau,Â and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire,Â and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization.
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A tremendous new novel from the best-selling author ofÂ The Circle,Â Heroes of the FrontierÂ is the darkly comic story of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely American madness.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780451493804
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-07-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451493804

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780451493804
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2016-07-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780451493804

Heroes of the Frontier

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