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€”Michiko Kakutani,Â The New York TimesÂ

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.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-26
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Vintage
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-26
Format	Kindle eBook

Heroes of the Frontier

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