Lookout
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
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Set in rural Montana, LOOKOUT centers on the dual coming-of-age of a girl and her father amid the natural and cultural forces that shape their family.
LOOKOUT tells the story of the Kinzlers, a complex working-class family firmly rooted in northwestern Montana.
Josiah and Margaret Kinzler have forged an unusual bond marked by both tenderness and distance; their daughters, Cody and Louisa, grow up watching their parents navigate what it means to be true to yourself and what that costs. LOOKOUT offers a gripping dual coming-of-age: Cody’s from stoic ranch kid to hotshot firefighter to resilient woman learning to rely on others, and Josiah’s as he struggles to thrive in a world that has misunderstood him. Bound by their love of the land, the Kinzlers work to bridge the gaps created by what they leave unspoken. LOOKOUT brings to life a family coming out to itself, at home in a new and nuanced American West.
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Byl's slow-burning and poignant debut novel (after the memoir Dirt Work) follows a Montana family across three decades. Josiah Kinzler inherits a hardware business near Glacier National Park in 1984, where he and his wife, Margaret, raise their two daughters, beautiful Louisa and tomboyish Cody. In vignettes, Byl unspools Cody's coming-of-age and Josiah's uneasy relationship to the small town. Josiah, secretly gay and dogged by depression, moves out of the family home in 1989 into a neighboring cabin, where he builds furniture and has a tryst with his male apprentice. While Louisa is away at college in 1993, Margaret's brother dies of AIDS, and in 1996, Cody, now a hotshot fire crew member, helps Josiah after he shatters his leg at work. As Cody settles into adult life with a boyfriend and Louisa gets married, Josiah dies in a car accident. Over the next 10 years, Cody's grief pushes her to confront the open secret of Josiah's sexuality and uncover the full circumstances of his death. Via letters discovered by Cody, revelations from a mean-spirited neighbor, and touching scenes from Josiah's point of view, Bly gently excavates Josiah's complicated interior life. Readers will find much to savor.
