The Ice Age

by KirstenReed (Author)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $3.47

  `One of the most beautiful and brutal and brilliant portrayals of teenage girlhood I have ever read' Florence Welch, Florence +The Machine

  She's a young girl who's smart and worldly-wise, and thinks she knows what she wants.

  He's an older man - old enough, in fact, to be her father.

  But he's not.

  As the pair drive aimlessly across middle America, they form an unlikely alliance - but they both know it can't last for ever.

  `Utterly compelling' The Times

  `Fiercely unsentimental and intensely romantic' Guardian

  `Both shocking and deeply felt' Daily Mirror

  `Sympathetic, sassy and insightful' Financial Times

• Used

  Paperback
  2010

  $3.47

  'WE LEFT A TIP AND THE WAITRESS SHOT US WHAT I SUPPOSE WAS INTENDED TO BE A LOOK OF GRATITUDE. SHE REALLY ONLY MANAGED A WEAK GLARE. I GUESS THAT'S THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR YOU. PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE EDGY.'

  A young inquisitive girl hitches a lift with an older charismatic Bohemian man. Neither has a final destination in mind, and so they find themselves drifting aimlessly through middle America; driving, smoking, sharing confidences, looking out for each other, and stopping as and when the mood takes them. Their relationship is pure, simple -- and when they do finally have sex, it's she who makes the first move. But this is a strange, stolen time that must come to an end: the girl will grow up; the man's past will catch up with him; and the world outside will not accept their relationship.

  With shades of Lolita and Morvern Callar, The Ice Age is a remarkable first novel, with an exceptional voice that's both seductive and compelling, and which readers will quite simply fall in love with.