The Other (Vintage Contemporaries)
Two boys from profoundly different backgrounds, brought together by their fierce love of the natural world, grow up to pursue vastly different paths in life, one as a devoted schoolteacher, and the other as a recluse seeking refuge in the wilderness.
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From the author of the bestselling Snow Falling on Cedars, a coming-of-age novel that presents two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life and the compromises that come with fulfillment.John William Barry and Neil Countryman shared a love of the outdoors, trekking often into Washington's remote backcountry where they had to rely on their wits'and each other'to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods. When he enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy'one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation.
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