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Lucky turtle / a novel by Bill Roorbach.
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781643750972 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 407 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022.
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| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Roorb | 31681010274967 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
While at a reform camp in Montana. 16-year-old privileged while girl Cindra Zoeller escapes into the wilderness with her lover and they must both suffer the consequences of their naïve fantasy of a future togetherâand circumstances shaped by skin color. 25,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"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"-- - Grand Central Pub
In this âthrillingâ love story (Lily King, author of Writers & Lovers and Five Tuesdays in Winter), a teenage girl with a checkered past finds instant chemistry with a mysterious stranger.?
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When sixteen-year-old Cindra Zoeller is sent to a reform camp in Montana after being involved in an armed robbery, she is thrust into a world of mountains and cowboys and prayers and miscreants and people from all walks of life like sheâs never seen in suburban Massachusetts. At Camp Challenge, she becomes transfixed by Lucky, a camp employee of mysterious originâan origin of constant speculationâand the chemistry between them is instant, and profound. The pair escape together into the wilderness to create an idyllic life far from the reach of the law, living off their resounding love, Luckyâs vast knowledge of the wilderness, and a little help from some friends.
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But they can run from the outside world for only so long, and the consequences of their naïve fantasy of a future togetherâand circumstances shaped by skin colorâwill keep them apart for decades. Cindra gets trapped in a relationship, safely if stultifyingly suburban, where she is both cosseted and controlled by a man who claims to be her rescuer. But for Cindra, there will never be another Lucky, and she dreams of one day finding him, the only man sheâs ever fully trusted, her soulmate.
Page-turning, full of vivid characters, delicious suspense, and ultimately joy, Lucky Turtle is a big- hearted, deeply engrossing love story from one of our most entertaining and perceptive writers. - Workman Press.
âAn epic love story . . . No greater reading pleasure to be had anywhere.â âKirkus Reviews, starred review
âNo one writes about love or the American wilderness like Bill Roorbach . . . Thrilling.â âLily King, author of Writers & Lovers and Five Tuesdays in Winter
When sixteen-year-old Cindra Zoeller is sent to a reform camp in Montana after being involved in an armed robbery, she is thrust into a world of mountains and cowboys and prayers and miscreants and people from all walks of life like sheâs never seen in suburban Massachusetts. At Camp Challenge, she becomes transfixed by Lucky, a camp employee of mysterious originâan origin of constant speculationâand the chemistry between them is instant, and profound. The pair escape together into the wilderness to create an idyllic life far from the reach of the law, living off their resounding love, Luckyâs vast knowledge of the wilderness, and a little help from some friends.
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But they can run from the outside world for only so long, and the consequences of their naïve fantasy of a future togetherâand circumstances shaped by skin colorâwill keep them apart for decades. Cindra gets trapped in a relationship, safely if stultifyingly suburban, where she is both cosseted and controlled by a man who claims to be her rescuer. But for Cindra, there will never be another Lucky, and she dreams of one day finding him, the only man sheâs ever fully trusted, her soulmate.
Page-turning, full of vivid characters, delicious suspense, and ultimately joy, Lucky Turtle is a big- hearted, deeply engrossing love story from one of our most entertaining and perceptive writers.
