A feminist/ecological/survival story. Recently orphaned and completely isolated, teenagers Nell and Eva live alone in the forest, struggling for normality in a post-holocaust world in which electricity is a thing of the past and the outside world a distant memory.

Into the Forest

Jean Hegland

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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This is the powerful new novel from the critically acclaimed author of "Into The Forest". It is the 1970s, and in a small town in Indiana, Anna, a young art student, works alone in her darkroom, mesmerised by the images emerging before her. Photography is her passion, her obsession, until one terrible miscalculation. Thousands of miles away in California, Cerise, a lonely teenager, battles with puberty. As her body betrays her, growing hair and sprouting breasts, which attract attention, she seeks comfort in the most desperate and risky of ways. Facing the same dilemma, Anna and Cerise make different choices. Choices which shape their lives forever and, many years later, bring them together. Utterly engrossing and profoundly moving, Jean Hegland's second novel is a powerful exploration of the passions which drive us - and the lengths to which we will go for love. Praise for "Into The Forest": 'An intensely moving novel - a beguiling and haunting tale of redemption' - "Independent on Sunday". 'Extremely impressive' - "The Times". 'One of the most mesmerizing of debuts - intense and sparkling with poignant imagination' - "Publishing News". Author Bio: Jean Hegland was born in Washington State, but now lives near Healdsburg, California on 55 acres of second-growth forest with her husband and three children. As well as raising and home-schooling her children, she teaches English and Creative Writing at Santa Rosa Junior College, and is currently writing her third novel. Her highly-praised first novel, "Into The Forest", was published in 1998.

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Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Arrow

Into the Forest Proof

Arrow Books, Ltd.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Set in the near-future, Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home. Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society's fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other. Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America. Praise for Into the Forest “[A] beautifully written and often profoundly moving novel.”—San Francisco Chronicle “A work of extraordinary power, insight and lyricism, Into the Forest is both an urgent warning and a passionate celebration of life and love.”—Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade “From the first page, the sense of crisis and the lucid, honest voice of the . . . narrator pull the reader in. . . . A truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of George Orwell's 1984.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Beautifully written.”—Kirkus Reviews “This beautifully written story captures the essential nature of the sister bond: the fierce struggle to be true to one’s own self, only to learn that true strength comes from what they are able to share together.”—Carol Saline, co-author of Sisters “Jean Hegland’s sense of character is firm, warm, and wise. . . . [A] fine first novel.”—John Keeble, author of Yellowfish

Into the Forest: A Novel

United States

Dial Press Trade Paperback

Into The Forest

Random House Audio |

Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2004-1-1 Pages: 326 Publisher: Oversea Publishing House It is the 1970s. and in a small town in Indiana. Anna. a young art student. works alone in her darkroom. mesmerised by the images emerging before her. Photography is her passion. her obsession. until one terrible miscalculation-Thousands of miles away in California. Cerise. a lonely teenager. battles with puberty. As her body betrays her. growing hair and sprouting breasts. which attract attention. she seeks comfort in the most desperate and risky of ways -.. Facing the same dilemma. Anna and Cerise make different choices Choices which shape their lives forever and. many years later. bring them together Utterly engrossing and profoundly moving. Jean Heglands second novel is a powerful exploration of the passions which drive us - and the lengths to which we will go for love.

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Oversea Publishing House

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