Neverleavesomeonebehind:it’sapromiseeasiermadethankept,especiallywhenseventeen-year-oldPiptakestheheadstrongtwelve-year-oldIrisunderherprotectioninthewakeofanearth-shatteringplague.Afteranunspeakabletragedy,theduomustnegotiatethecomplexitiesoftheirownidentitiesamidthenearlyunrecognizableremainsofSpokane,Washington.Whenthey’recapturedbyaviolentgang,PipandIrismeetFly,astubbornandcourageousoldergirl.WhentheircaptorsexchangethemforsuppliesatThistleHillOrchard,anidyllicfarmturnedcommune,itseemsthatthegirls’luckhasfinallychangedforthebetter.ButtheproselytizingofVeronica,ThistleHill’sleader,andtheloomingpresenceofherright-handman,Granville--whoismoresnakethancowboy--makethetrio’scircumstancesmoreperilous.AsPip,Iris,andFlyweightheprecariousnessoftheirlivesatThistleHillagainsttheuncertaintyoflifeontheoutside,theysimultaneouslygrapplewiththesecretsthatmaketheirsituationallthemoretenuous.Pip’svowtoneverleavesomeonebehindmayhavemadesurvivalmoredifficultforher,butthispromisecouldalsobethekeytofindingmeaningintheashesofwhatcamebefore.
GRANVILLE IRIS Iris SLEADER WASHINGTON TAKE YEAR
