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"Peggy Hillcoat is eight years old when her survivalist father, James, takes her from their home in London to a remote hut in the woods and tells her that the rest of the world has been destroyed. Deep in the wilderness, Peggy and James make a life for themselves. They repair the hut, bathe in water from the river, hunt and gather food in the summers and almost starve in the harsh winters. They mark their days only by the sun and the seasons. When Peggy finds a pair of boots in the forest and begins a search for their owner, she unwittingly unravels the series of events that brought her to…
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10 editions- Audiobook · English · 2019Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio · 9781978667310
- Hardcover · English · 2015Tin House Books · 382 pages · 9781941040171
- Other · English · 20169780241003947
- Other · English · 2016Audible Studios on Brilliance · 9781531815738
- Other · English · 2015Penguin Books Ltd · 304 pages · 9780241003930
- Other · English · 2015House of Anansi Press · 304 pages · 9781770898240
Fathers and daughtersFamily secretsWildernessFictionFiction, generalFICTION / LiteraryWilderness areas








