The Saskiad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143136262)

"A novel wise in the complexities of adolescence and the human heart." --The Washington Post

Longing to escape the rundown commune outside of Ithaca, New York 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 Odysseus, Marco Polo, and Horatio Hornblower. But 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.

Author: Brian Hall
ISBN-10: 0143136267
ISBN-13: 9780143136262
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2021
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d