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"Beautifully rendered and cinematic . . . A story of survival and the love and devotion between parent and child." -Jill McCorkle, author of Hieroglyphics
Dave Cartwright has had enough. After three tours in Iraq he has come home to Vigilante Falls in Washington State only to find that he feels incapable of connecting to the people and the place that once defined him. Most days, his love for his seven-year-old daughter, Bella, is the only thing keeping him going. When tragedy strikes, Dave makes a dramatic decision: he will take Bella to live in a cave in the wilderness of the North Cascades.
So begins a compelling adventure, a story of a father and daughter attempting to cope with a breathtaking but harsh environment. Once they are settled in the cave, Bella retreats into a different world, that of a mother and son who had lived in that same space, but thousands of years before, at the end of last Ice Age. As the two dramas begin to merge, a timeless odyssey unfolds, both as a meditation on the perils of isolation and an exploration of humans' indelible struggle to survive.
Perfect for readers of Peter Heller's novels or Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, Legends of the North Cascades is Jonathan Evison's return to sweeping, multicharacter narratives like his New York Times bestseller West of Here and is an immensely satisfying read.
"Beautifully rendered and cinematic . . . A story of survival and the love and devotion between parent and child." -Jill McCorkle, author of Hieroglyphics
Dave Cartwright has had enough. After three tours in Iraq he has come home to Vigilante Falls in Washington State only to find that he feels incapable of connecting to the people and the place that once defined him. Most days, his love for his seven-year-old daughter, Bella, is the only thing keeping him going. When tragedy strikes, Dave makes a dramatic decision: he will take Bella to live in a cave in the wilderness of the North Cascades.
So begins a compelling adventure, a story of a father and daughter attempting to cope with a breathtaking but harsh environment. Once they are settled in the cave, Bella retreats into a different world, that of a mother and son who had lived in that same space, but thousands of years before, at the end of last Ice Age. As the two dramas begin to merge, a timeless odyssey unfolds, both as a meditation on the perils of isolation and an exploration of humans' indelible struggle to survive.
Perfect for readers of Peter Heller's novels or Kristin Hannah's The Great Alone, Legends of the North Cascades is Jonathan Evison's return to sweeping, multicharacter narratives like his New York Times bestseller West of Here and is an immensely satisfying read.
Jonathan Evison lives with his wife and family on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, WA. Legends of the North Cascades is his sixth novel.
“Evison’s majestic and panoramic latest conjures the beauty, power,
and unforgiving nature of the Cascade Mountains in alternating
narratives separated by thousands of years. Evison masterfully
delivers a subtle yet pointed commentary on how society
marginalizes veterans and how we profess to admire yet distrust the
individualist ethos while also offering a profound meditation on
the human spirit.”
—Booklist, starred review
“Only a writer of Evison’s talent could so brilliantly weave the
struggles of a PTSD-stricken veteran and the ghosts of an ancient
family into such a powerful social commentary. Wildly original and
breathtakingly big-hearted.”
—Willy Vlautin, author of Don’t Skip Out on Me
“Engaging . . . This modern back-to-the-land story feels like John
Krakauer’s Into the Wild meets Jean M. Auel’s Clan of the Cave
Bear, a combination that makes for a compelling read in its
appreciation of the monumental properties of nature and recognition
of the history of humans in the North Cascades.”
—Library Journal
“Under the daunting and impassive mountains of the title, two
dramas, one ancient and one contemporary, intertwine to become a
greater story of parent and child attempting to survive in the
harshest of circumstances. For me, the heart of this fine novel is
Bella, a young heroine whose courage and steadfastness are a timely
reminder of how human decency can prevail in the darkest of
situations.”
—Ron Rash, author of Serena and In the Valley
"Evison weaves the prehistoric past and the troubled present
together with imagination and tenderness in this haunting, timely
meditation on the redemptive power of love.”
—Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound
“Jonathan Evison’s Legends of the North Cascades is a
beautifully rendered and cinematic portrait of a place and its
evolution through time; it is also—pure and simple—a story of
survival and the love and devotion between parent and child.”
—Jill McCorkle, author of Hieroglyphics
“Evison (Lawn Boy) delivers an intimate . . . story of grief and
parenthood with characters from two distant millennia . . .
Evison's empathetic vision offers much to consider about the limits
of parental authority and the capacity for both physical and
emotional survival.”
—Publishers Weekly
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