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Two laconic teenage runaways plunge deep into backcountry, farther and farther away from civilization, searching for an extraordinary place that may or may not exist.
On the move for who knows how long, Julia, age unknown, walks into a gas station. There, the tall, ominous kid with a studded belt and crusty eyebrow ring who’s stocking the fridge stops his work and leads her out back to the restroom. What happens next is technically grand theft auto.
Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive locale known as Egg Island, a place where, she has been told, the sky breaks the exosphere and the path to a new home will be revealed. Julia’s journey is the story of the shy camaraderie between two bruised teens, stretching beyond roads, forests, and outer space, as they learn to reconcile their histories with the big, open future.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
On the move for who knows how long, Julia, age unknown, walks into a gas station. There, the tall, ominous kid with a studded belt and crusty eyebrow ring who’s stocking the fridge stops his work and leads her out back to the restroom. What happens next is technically grand theft auto.
Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive locale known as Egg Island, a place where, she has been told, the sky breaks the exosphere and the path to a new home will be revealed. Julia’s journey is the story of the shy camaraderie between two bruised teens, stretching beyond roads, forests, and outer space, as they learn to reconcile their histories with the big, open future.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
Price: $19.99
Pages: 240
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Rare Machines
Publication Date:
09 August 2022
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781459749351
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Coming of Age, Modern and contemporary fiction, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, FICTION / Friendship, Narrative theme: Coming of age
An utter charm bomb of a novel. All the best road trips are more about the journey than the destination, and every unplanned pitstop on Julia’s way to the eponymous Egg Island is a mini tour de force, a funny-sad adventure within the adventure.
Flemington reads like a novelist several books into her career in her first outing. She writes sharp, stark, angular prose that will have you laughing, underlining, shaking your damn head. I loved this strange book and can say that Flemington has gained a reader for life.
Flemington’s first novel is a quiet success... a pleasant reading experience with likable characters.
While this is ostensibly the story of Julia and Colt’s relationship, it’s also about connection: the ties that bind us to other people, to places, and to things.
Sara Flemington’s stories have appeared in several journals, including subTerrain, the Humber Literary Review, and the Feathertale Review. Egg Island is her first novel. Sara lives in Toronto.