![]() ![]() ![]() 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.īut 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. Jenny, the mother, is in charge of lopping any small limbs off the logs with a hatchet. A wrenching and beautiful book. Ruskovich’s novel will remind many readers of the great Idaho novel, Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping. One hot August day a family drives to a mountain clearing to collect birch wood. Emily Ruskovich’s language is itself a consolation, as she subtly posits the troubling thought that only decency can save us. IDAHO has been translated into a dozen languages and has been optioned for a film by actress Elisabeth Moss. ![]() In 2019, she became the fourth American ever to win the Dublin International Literary Award for her debut novel, IDAHO. This sharp, stunning debut novel and Irish bestseller about grief, loss and redemption is your next literary obsession 'Owl' Contact Emily Ruskovich grew up in the Idaho Panhandle on Hoodoo Mountain. 'I love Idaho ' Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train **WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD** ![]()
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