“I killed him.”
After the devastating loss of her father on a canoe trip meant to bring them closer together, fifteen-year-old Emma Wilson finds herself alone on the river. As she treks out from their remote campsite, she faces wild rapids and a numbing sense of guilt. Back home, Emma confronts the complexity of grief and realizes that leaving the river behind was only the first step forward.
Reviews
“I’d go so far as to say it’s one of the best books I’ve read this year, in any genre.” — Melanie Bishop, Huffington Post
“Treichel’s realistic and compelling characterization of Emma highlights a maturity into adulthood that offers no easy solutions to the difficulties of grief, but celebrates the best of her family.” — Publisher’s Weekly
A Series of Small Maneuvers
Start to Finish
New Year, New YA Title - Last term, Ooligan Press was delighted to debut Eliot Treichel‘s first novel, A Series of Small Maneuvers. The book was met with great critical reception—our Starred Review in Publishers Weekly reappeared in their December Round-Up—and we finished the term with events in Portland at Powell’s on Hawthorne, in Sunriver at Sunriver Books and Music, and […]