Staff Pick: “A well deserved Winner of Dublin Literary Prize in 2019, ‘Idaho’ tells a story of the aftermath of an unbelievable family tragedy – a mother killing her beloved daughter. Accident? Insanity? Set in the remote and unforgiving mountains of Northern Idaho the novel offers a variety of perspectives to try to explain the inexplicable. It’s a masterpiece touching upon so many topics I can’t fit them all in here.” Marta
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (Paperback)
ISBN: 9780099593959
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Staff Pick: “A well deserved Winner of Dublin Literary Prize in 2019, ‘Idaho’ tells a story of the aftermath of an unbelievable family tragedy – a mother killing her beloved daughter. Accident? Insanity? Set in the remote and unforgiving mountains of Northern Idaho the novel offers a variety of perspectives to try to explain the inexplicable. It’s a masterpiece touching upon so many topics I can’t fit them all in here.” Marta
One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. Wade, the father, does the stacking. The two daughters, June and May, aged nine and six, drink lemonade, swat away horseflies, bicker, sing snatches of songs as they while away the time. But then Jenny does something unspeakable, an act so extreme it will scatter the family in every different direction, and leave dark unanswered questions for years to come.
ISBN 9780099593959
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