Longing to escape the rundown commune where she lives with her organic-farmer mother, assorted half-siblings, and a cow named Marilyn, the precociously well-read Saskia White, twelve, imagines herself as the noble contemporary of Odysseys, Marco Polo, and Horatio Hornblower. Saskia's elaborate fantasies are soon upstaged by her real-life, long-lost father, who leads Saskia and her best friend Jane on a camping trip that turns into an epic adventure of love, sex, and lies. Saskia is as unforgettable as her own heroes, a young girl whose story resonates with a rare and joyous sense of life and discovery.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
031218171x
ISBN-13
9780312181710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309345850
Product Key Features
Book Title
Saskiad : a Novel
Author
Brian Hall
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Coming of Age
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3558.A363s27 1998
Reviews
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