![]() ![]() ![]() Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Best New American Voices series, as well as multiple literary magazines. Those expecting a violent confrontation won't be disappointed through it, Lida learns the meaning of real friendship and forgiveness. The Girls of No Return Kindle Edition by Erin Saldin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 18 ratings Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 18.74 16 Used from 3.49 2 New from 37. Erin Saldin went on her first backpacking trip in northern Idaho at age fourteen. Saldin brings a polished descriptive style to the expansive wilderness setting, which subtly mirrors the shadowed layers of each girl's consciousness. Debut author Saldin carefully builds suspense through the complex relationships that Lida forms with the other girls, particularly fierce, dangerous Boone, who has been abandoned by all of the people in her life and torments the other girls, and enigmatic Gia, who enchants and manipulates Lida. Lida, hostile toward her father and stepmother and still mourning her absent mother, isn't interested in sharing, but little by little, she reveals the reasons behind her destructive behavior. ![]() Each of the girls at Alice Marshall has a "Thing," something from her past that brought her there. ![]() In a narrative told through extended flashbacks that alternate with "epilogue" sections, secretive Lida reflects on the time she spent as a troubled 16-year-old at the Alice Marshall School for Girls, tucked deep in the Idaho wilderness. ![]()
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