| The Other Contributor(s): Guterson, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307274810 ISBN-13: 9780307274816 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: The bestselling, award-winning author of Snow Falling on Cedars and Our Lady of the Forest gives us a deeply engrossing comingof-age tale about friendship, ethics, alienation, and the road to maturity. John William Barry and Neil Countryman are best friends who share a love for the outdoors. After high school, Neil marries and becomes a devoted schoolteacher, while John William, unwilling to "prostitute his soul," drops out of society, building himself a secret home in a remote forest, a place he and Neil discovered together and promised each other never to reveal. This pact is put to the test when John William enlists Neil in his plan to fake his own disappearance. Years later, Neil hikes to John William's hiding place, only to discover that John William has paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007041098 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.36" W x 7.96" (0.64 lbs) 272 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124617 Reading Level: 7.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of the bestselling Snow Falling on Cedars, a coming-of-age novel that presents two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life and the compromises that come with fulfillment. John William Barry and Neil Countryman shared a love of the outdoors, trekking often into Washington's remote backcountry where they had to rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods. When he enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy--one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation. |