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"When Percy Turner begins a seventh summer of work in a fire tower deep in the Canadian woods, she is hanging on to her emotional stability by a thread. Completely isolated from the outside world and ensconced in the cocoon of her tower, she spends her days scanning the horizon for "smokes" - ranger-speak for forest fires. But the fires of her troubled past, which burn within her, are far more difficult for her to spot.". "Set in a harsh wilderness landscape, singed with bold eroticism and unflinching honesty, Burning Ground is a moving coming-of-age story and a courageous exploration of…
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3 editions- Other · English · 2001HarperPerennialCanada · 249 pages · 9780006485285
- Other · English · 2001Plume Book · 249 pages · 9780452282674
- Other · English · 2000HarperFlamingoCanada · 249 pages · 9780002255042
Forest rangersWilderness areasFictionForest firesYoung womenFiction, generalCanada, fictionYoung women, fiction






