The captive : a novel /

In a secessionist rural state that has cut itself off completely from urban centers, where living is hardscrabble and poor but "free," Brooke Holland runs a farm with her husband, Milo, and two daughters. Their life at the fringes of modern society is tenuou. They make barely enough from e...

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Main Author: Foster, Fiona King, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HaperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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