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An edition of My Abandonment (2008)

My abandonment

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  • ★★ 2.0 (1 rating) ·
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In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild," Rock's "My Abandonment," inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of his young protagonist, offers a riveting and unsettling account of a girl and her father who live off the grid.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Pages
225

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Subjects

Fathers and daughters, Teenage girls, Homeless families, Fiction, Wilderness areas, Survival skills, Survival, Fiction, psychological, Fathers and daughters, fiction, Portland (or.), fiction

Places

Forest Park (Portland, Or.), Pacific Northwest, Or.) Forest Park (Portland
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Cover of: My abandonment
My abandonment
2009, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: My abandonment
My abandonment
2008, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English

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Orlando
Genre
Fiction.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3568.O327 M9 2008, PS3568.O327 M9 2009, PS3568.O327M9 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
225

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Open Library
OL19886868M
ISBN 13
9780151014149
LCCN
2007044412
OCLC/WorldCat
180080934
Library Thing
6831671
Goodreads
5603935

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Work Description

NOW A MAJOR FILM, LEAVE NO TRACE, DIRECTED BY DEBRA GRANIK AND STARRING BEN FOSTER AND THOMASIN HARCOURT MCKENZIE

A thirteen-year-old girl 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. 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 its young narrator, Caroline, My Abandonment is a riveting journey into life at the margins and a mesmerizing tale of survival and hope.

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