Lucky turtle a novel
"When privileged white sixteen-year-old Cindra is sent to a reform camp in Montana, she becomes transfixed by Lucky, a mysterious camp employee. As the connection between them grows, Lucky and Cindra become lovers and escape into the Rocky Mountains to create an idyllic life, living off Lucky&#...
| Main Author: | Roorbach, Bill (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2022.
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| Edition: | First Edition. |
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| Summary: |
"When privileged white sixteen-year-old Cindra is sent to a reform camp in Montana, she becomes transfixed by Lucky, a mysterious camp employee. As the connection between them grows, Lucky and Cindra become lovers and escape into the Rocky Mountains to create an idyllic life, living off Lucky's vast knowledge of the wilderness. But they can run from the outside world for only so long, and the consequences of their naìˆve fantasy of a future together will keep them apart for decades. Lucky goes to prison, and Cindra becomes trapped in a relationship where she is controlled and defined by a man who claims to be her rescuer. For Cindra, there will never be another Lucky, and she dreams of one day finding him, the only man she's ever fully trusted, her soulmate"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
1 volume ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: |
9781643750972 1643750976 |
| Author Notes: |
Bill Roorbach is the author of ten books, including the Montana Award-winning Lucky Turtle, The Girl of the Lake , the Kirkus Prize finalist The Remedy for Love , the bestselling Life Among Giants , and the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection Big Bend . Roorbach has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His craft book, Writing Life Stories , has been in print for over twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in Harper's , the New York Times Magazine , the Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, Ploughshares, Granta, Ecotone, New York magazine, The American Scholar , and other publications. He lives in Maine with his family. |