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Heroes of the frontier : a novel

Eggers, Dave (author.).

Summary: "Josie and her children’s father have split up, she’s been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she’s grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée’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 RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, 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."--Provided by the publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780735272453(trade paperback) :
  • ISBN: 9780345812438 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 9780345812438
  • Physical Description: 385 pages ; 23 cm
    regular print
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

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General Note:
CatMonthString:september.16
"This is a Borzoi book".
Subject: Parental kidnapping -- Fiction
Separated women -- Fiction
Single mothers -- Fiction
Wildfires -- Alaska -- Fiction
Wildfires -- Fiction
Recreational vehicle living -- Fiction
Mother and child -- Alaska -- Fiction
Alaska -- Fiction
Genre: Road fiction.

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Summary: "Josie and her children’s father have split up, she’s been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she’s grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée’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 RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, 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."--Provided by the publisher.

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