{"product_id":"my-abandonment-paperback","title":"My Abandonment - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Rock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR FILM, \u003cem\u003eLEAVE NO TRACE.\u003c\/em\u003e Inspired by a true story, a riveting and unsettling novel about a girl and her father who live off the grid, in the shadows at the edge of civilization.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirteen-year-old Caroline and her father live in Forest Park, an enormous nature preserve in Portland, Oregon. They inhabit an elaborate cave shelter, wash 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through the startlingly sincere voice of its young narrator, \u003cem\u003eMy Abandonment\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting journey into life at the margins and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of a young narrator, Caroline, Peter Rock's \u003ci\u003eMy Abandonment \u003c\/i\u003eisa riveting journey intolife at the margins, and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope. \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for MY ABANDONMENT: \"This beautiful, strange novel takes us into the foreign country where those called homeless are at home, the city is wilderness, and the greater wilderness lies beyond.Fascinating and moving, it tells with great tenderness how human love goes wrong.\"-- Ursula Le Guin\"Peter Rock's \u003ci\u003eMy Abandonment \u003c\/i\u003eis an electrically charged, bone-deep and tender tale of loss and partial redemption. Surreal, haunting, elegiac.\" -- James Ellroy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My Abandonment is purely dazzling, alive in every word and scene, so deep and strange in its rendering of this one young woman's life that I could hardly raise my eyes from the page.\"--Andrea Barrett\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Rock is the author of four previous novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Bewildered, \u003c\/i\u003eand a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Unsettling. \u003c\/i\u003eHe teaches writing at Reed College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.98 x 6.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e My Abandonment\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.6\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135525163143,"sku":"9780156035521","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2b323d51aae8cd65dd22a5fc0a4f74ba.webp?v=1732650266","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/my-abandonment-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}