At a once vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. A place that once buzzed with activity, from the polytunnels to the

Wild Abandon: A Novel

At a once vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. A place that once buzzed with activity, from the polytunnels to the pottery shed, now functions with a skeleton crew. Founder Don Riley surveys his domain with the grim focus of someone who knows whatâ€™s best for everyoneâ€”and isnâ€™t afraid to let them know. Especially when those people are related to him.

Donâ€™s wife, Freya, canâ€™t quite decide whether not liking someone anymore is enough reason to end a twenty-year marriage. So she decamps to a mud yurt in the woods to mull it over. Their seventeen-year-old daughter, Kate, enrolls in school for the first time in her life: the exotic new world of fellow teenagers and surprisingly tasty cafeteria food beckons, and she is quickly lured into the arms of a â€œmeatheadâ€ classmate. In his sisterâ€™s absence, eleven-year-old Albert falls under the spell of an outlandish new visitor to the community who fills his head with strange notions of the impending end of the world.

Faced with the task of rescuing his son from apocalyptic fantasies, his daughter from the clutches of suburbia, and his wife from her increasingly apparent desire to leave him, Don convinces himself that the only way to save the world heâ€™s created is . . . to throw the biggest party of his life. Will anyone show up?

From the acclaimed young author of Submarine, Wild Abandon is a strange and wonderful look at loveâ€”familial and romantic,Â returned and rebuffedâ€”and the people and places we choose to call home.

Country	USA
Author	JOE DUNTHORNE
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781400066841
ISBN	1400066840
Label	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2012-01-03
Publisher	Random House
ReleaseDate	2012-01-03
Studio	Random House

Wild Abandon: A Novel

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