My Abandonment
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 225 pages ; 22 cm
A thirteen-year-old girl and her father live in Forest Park, the enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. There they inhabit an elaborate cave shelter, bathe in a nearby creek, store perishables at the water's edge, use a makeshift septic system, tend a garden, even keep a library of sorts. Once a week, they go to the city to buy groceries and otherwise merge with the civilized world. But one small mistake allows a backcountry jogger to discover them, which derails their entire existence, ultimately provoking a deeper flight.
Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of a young narrator, Caroline, Peter Rock's My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins, and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.
Inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of a young narrator, Caroline, Peter Rock's My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins, and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.
Subjects:
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Homeless families -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Wilderness areas -- Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.
Forest Park (Portland, Or.) -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Homeless families -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Wilderness areas -- Northwest, Pacific -- Fiction.
Forest Park (Portland, Or.) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780151014149
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Rock | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Fiction | In |