<p><b>SHORTLISTED for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award.</b><br><br><b>Love, tragedy, luck and salvation in the interweaving stories of four teenagers in this extraordinary 1970s Alaskan set debut novel.</b><br><br>Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. <br><br>Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother.<br>Dora wishes she was invisible to her abusive father.<br>Alyce is staying at home to please her parents. <br>Hank is running away for the sake of his brothers. <br><br>Four very different lives are about to become entangled. Because if we don''t save each other, how can we begin to save ourselves?<br><br>Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock''s extraordinary, stunning debut is both moving, and deeply authentic. These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America''s Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare and wonderful talent.<br><br><b>''Gorgeous.''</b><i>Spectator</i><br><br><b>''An exceptional coming of age novel for youn