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All this is, is the thing we’ve always known: we have nothing and nobody except each other. But that, we have in spades. Now, let’s go climb rocks.
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Gabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised on the Mendocino coast. His first novel, My Absolute Darling, was a Sunday Times bestseller, a New York Times bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. It was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and was a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. Tallent lives in Salt Lake City with his wife and children.
‘A breathtaking, thrilling and unforgettable story of friendship, of hopes and dreams against a reality so harsh it broke my heart’
Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark ‘Profound and stunning . . . will make you question yourself and every one of your beliefs’
Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond ‘A towering coming-of-age saga packed with muscle and heart’
Publishers Weekly
‘An unconventional love story, a heart-stopping, stomach-lurching ride of the highest stakes . . . I can’t remember the last time I cared about fictional characters as desperately, as breathlessly’
Elizabeth Gilbert, author of City of Girls ‘Sharply written and full of controlled emotion’ Stephen King ‘With memorable characters who feel unruly and fully alive . . . Tallent depicts the natural world, and the existential difficulties of being a human within it, with depth and grace’
Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
‘Thrilling. A sharp novel about youth in conflict with dreams, nature and reality’
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‘Tender, immersive and thrilling’
Gabrielle Zevin ‘One of the best novels I’ve ever read about friendship between a young man and a young woman . . . exciting and tension-filled’
Stephen King
Dan and Tamma are two Californian teenagers growing up dirt-poor in the shadows of the Joshua Tree National Park. Their mothers had once been teenage waitresses and best friends, until their paths diverged. Now Dan’s mother spends her days locked in her room, her dreams squandered and all her hopes pinned on getting her precociously clever son out of town and away to university.
‘Breathtaking and unforgettable’
Chris Whitaker
Tamma’s mother holds no such ambition for her mouthy, queer, truant-playing, snaggle-toothed daughter, who everyone but Dan believes to be a troublemaker and no-hoper. But Tamma and Dan are fuelled by dreams of becoming legendary rock climbers, of devoting their lives to summiting the most challenging climbs and defying all the expectations, both good and bad, that others have for them.
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Climbing at sun-up, on cliff faces that test their bodies to the limit, is where their friendship is forged. It’s also the one thing that gives them hope. But as their final year of high school unfolds, and their climbs become ever more dangerous, and their home lives ever more extreme, it’s inevitable that something is going to snap . . .
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