NOWAMAJORMOTIONPICTURE-Setinthenear-future,IntotheForestisapowerfullyimaginednovelthatfocusesontherelationshipbetweentwoteenagesisterslivingaloneintheirNorthernCaliforniaforesthome.Over30milesfromthenearesttown,andseveralmilesawayfromtheirnearestneighbor,NellandEvastruggletosurviveassocietybeginstodecayandcollapsearoundthem.Nosingleeventprecedessociety’sfall.ThereistalkofawaroverseasandupheavalinCongress,butitstillcomesasashockwhentheelectricityrunsoutandgasisnowheretobefound.Thesistersconsumetheresourcesleftinthehouse,waitingforthepowertoreturn.Theirarrivalintoadulthood,however,forcesthemtoreexaminetheirplaceintheworldandtheirrelationshiptothelandandeachother.ReminiscentofMargaretAtwood’sAHandmaid’sTale,IntotheForestisamesmerizingandthought-provokingnovelofhopeanddespairsetinafrighteninglyplausiblenear-futureAmerica.PraiseforIntotheForest“[A]beautifullywrittenandoftenprofoundlymovingnovel.“--SanFranciscoChronicle“Aworkofextraordinarypower,insightandlyricism,IntotheForestisbothanurgentwarningandapassionatecelebrationoflifeandlove.“--RianeEisler,authorofTheChaliceandtheBlade“Fromthefirstpage,thesenseofcrisisandthelucid,honestvoiceofthe...narratorpullthereaderin....AtrulyadmirableadditiontoagenredefinedbytheveryhighstandardsofGeorgeOrwell’s1984.“--PublishersWeekly(starredreview)“Beautifullywritten.“--KirkusReviews“Thisbeautifullywrittenstorycapturestheessentialnatureofthesisterbond:thefiercestruggletobetruetoone’sownself,onlytolearnthattruestrengthcomesfromwhattheyareabletosharetogether.“--CarolSaline,co-authorofSisters“JeanHegland’ssenseofcharacterisfirm,warm,andwise....[A]finefirstnovel.“--JohnKeeble,authorofYellowfish
