Out Backward

Sam Marsdyke is a lonely young man, dogged by an incident in his past and forced to work his family farm instead of attending school in his Yorkshire village. He methodically fills his life with daily routines and adheres to strict boundaries that keep him at a remove from the townspeople. But one day he spies Josephine, his new neighbor from London. From that moment on, Sam''s carefully constructed protections begin to crumble--and what starts off as a harmless friendship between an isolated loner and a defiant teenage girl takes a most disturbing turn.

About the author

Ross Raisin is the author of Out Backward, winner of the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, a Betty Trask Award, and other honors. He lives in London.

Product details

• Authors: Ross Raisin, Raisin Ross
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780061448751
• ISBN: 978-0-06-144875-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 201 mm x 14 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Short Stories (single author)