Descent : a novel
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm.
Status
Moab Library - Adult Fiction Book
F JOHNSTON
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Published
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited" -- Verso title page.
Citation/References
Publishers Weekly,,October 13, 2014.
Citation/References
Kirkus Reviews,,November 15, 2014.
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Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews,
Description
The Rocky Mountains have cast their spell over the Courtlands, a young family from the plains taking a last summer vacation before their daughter begins college. For eighteen-year-old Caitlin, the mountains loom as the ultimate test of her runner's heart, while her parents hope that so much beauty, so much grandeur, will somehow repair a damaged marriage. But when Caitlin and her younger brother, Sean, go out for an early morning run and only Sean returns, the mountains become as terrifying as they are majestic, as suddenly this family find themselves living the kind of nightmare they've only read about in headlines or seen on TV. As their world comes undone, the Courtlands are drawn into a vortex of dread and recrimination. Why weren't they more careful? What has happened to their daughter? Is she alive? Will they ever know? Caitlin's disappearance, all the more devastating for its mystery, is the beginning of the family's harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths until all that continues to bind them together are the questions they can never bring themselves to ask: At what point does a family stop searching? At what point will a girl stop fighting for her life?
Target Audience
Adult.,Brodart.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnston, T. (2015). Descent: a novel (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnston, Tim, 1962-. 2015. Descent: A Novel. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnston, Tim, 1962-. Descent: A Novel Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnston, Tim. Descent: A Novel First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
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