01833cam a2200337 i 4500 267922656 TxGeo 20160718120000.0 160406s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780451493804 hbk. 045149380X hbk. (OCoLC)946058401 TxGeo rda Eggers, Dave. Heroes of the frontier : a novel / Dave Eggers. First edition. New York, NY : Alfred A Knopf, 2016. 385 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Josie and her husband have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée's family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization. 20170228. With bookplate : Donated by the Friends of the Georgetown Public Library. Single parents Fiction. Divorced women Fiction. Recreational vehicle living Fiction. Alaska Fiction. Psychological fiction. QS5