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Rose, who tells most of the story, was born with a normal body but with her face pulled out of shape. I was pleased with the way the story unfolded and found the author did a good job revealing the story of wolfs journey to the day he got lost on the mountain. Buy the mountain story by lori lansens online at alibris. Thats something of a departure for lori lansens, a. It becomes clear why there will be sway is the family motto. Lori lansenss gripping new novel, the mountain story, combines the best elements of survival adventure, family drama and comingofage narrative. Shop amongst our popular books, including 20, the girls, this little light and more from lori lansens.
What captured my heart was wolfs deep respect for nature. On the morning of wolf trulys eighteenth birthday, he boards the first cable car to head up the mountains just a few miles from his sunbleached trailer home in the desert community outside of palm springs. The mountain story by lori lansens, 97814718010, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. If climbing speaks to how we can find truth and beauty in. Wilfred wolf truly decides on his 18th birthday during the. Books by lori lansens authors like lori lansens what. Lori lansens is a canadian novelist and screenwriter. On his 18th birthday, wolf truly takes the tramway to the top of a californian mountain, intending to jump to his death. The mountain story isa gritty, nailbiting tale of survival and selfrevelation.
Lansens was a successful screenwriter, whose credits included the films south of wawa, wolf girl and marine life, before publishing her first novel rush home road in 2002. Review the mountain story is equal parts poignant drama and palmsweaty suspense. Blonde, railthin bridget is training for a triathalon. Interview with lori lansens, author of the mountain story. She is a master of this kind of literary balancing act, that rare writer who can create a damn great pageturner, all while effortlessly gracing it with stunning sentences and unforgettable characters. Lori lansens was born and raised in chatham, ontario, a small canadian town with a. The mountain story book by lori lansens official publisher page. Aug 25, 2016 lori lansens was a successful screenwriter before she burst onto the literary scene in 2002 with her first novel rush home road. Four lost hikers are about to discover theyre capable of som. Four go up the mountain, but only three will come down.
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