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A Finalist for the Washington State Book Awards At Forevermore, a
sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, campers are promised
adventures in the woods, songs by the fire, and lifelong friends.
Bursting with excitement and nervous energy, five girls set off on
an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before the night
is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them
survive or guide them home. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
follows Nita, Andee, Isabel, Dina, and Siobhan beyond this fateful
trip, showing us the lives of the haunted and complex women these
girls become. From award-winning novelist Kim Fu comes a stunning
portrait of girlhood, the nuances of survival, and the pasts we
can't escape.
'Kim Fu skillfully measures how long and loudly one formative
moment can reverberate' Celeste Ng A group of young girls descend
on a sleepaway camp where their days are filled with swimming
lessons, friendship bracelets, and songs by the fire. Filled with
excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight
kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before the night is over,
they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive
or guide them home. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore traces these
five girls through and beyond this fateful trip. We see them
through successes and failures, loving relationships and
heartbreaks; we see what it means to find, and define, oneself, and
the ways in which the same experience is refracted through
different people. A portrait of friendship and of the families we
build for ourselves, and the pasts we can't escape. 'A propulsive
storyteller, using clear and cutting prose' The New York Times 'Fu
precisely renders the banal humiliations of childhood, the chilling
steps humans take to survive, and the way time warps memory'
Publishers Weekly 'An ambitious and dynamic portrayal of the harm
humans - even young girls - can do' Kirkus Review 'The first truly
great novel I've read in 2018... As intricately fashioned and as
bold-hearted as books by novelists who've been publishing for
decades' Seattle Review of Books 'Fu offers an unblinking view of
the social and emotional survival of the fittest that all too often
marks the female coming of age' Toronto Star 'These portraits of
sisterhood, motherhood, daughterhood, wifehood, girlfriendhood,
independent womanhood, and other female-identified-hoods sing and
groan and scream with complexity and nuance, and they make me want
to read her next ten books' The Stranger 'To say this is a story of
survival is too simple... Fu avoids the obvious and tidy, allowing
us to imagine what happens next' Winnipeg Free Press 'I loved it
for its portrayal of each of the girls... and for showing that a
single incident can colour your entire life' Canadian Living 'A
thoroughly entertaining, complex novel full of intricate insights
into human nature' Quill & Quire
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