A captivating, often hilarious novel of family, loss, wilderness, and the curse of a violent America, Dave Eggers’ Heroes of the Frontier is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure.
Josie and her children’s father have split up, she’s been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she’s grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée’s family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization.
A tremendous new novel from the best-selling author of The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier is the darkly comic story of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely American madness.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR! There is something about author Dave Eggers which is uniquely different, totally distinct from the minds of other authors who write in the same genre. When he is allowed to dream dreams and put his thoughts to paper, there is no limits to what his free-flowing mind can achieve. Think of the captivating novel The Circle, the painstakingly researched Zeitoun, the powerful and tightly written A Hologram for the King or the emotionally soul-searching Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets,…
THE AUTHOR IS AT THE TOP OF HIS “GAME” WITH THIS NEW NOVEL This is one of the most unusual, interesting and highly creative novels I have read in a long time. The author has a way of visioning modern life, then capturing it in words that is a rare talent. While there is sorrow and heartache in this wonderful novel; there is also a display of ‘grit’ ‘wit and ‘humor’ in the characters lives, actions and attitudes that makes for excellent reading. The book is fast-paced and original …. it is hard to predict what each new chapter will bring. But, when…
everyone wants inner peace….. Being the Dave Eggers fan I am, I started reading this book hours shortly after it arrived on my Kindle at midnight last night – from a pre-order many months prior.Â