A servant girl escapes from a colonial set tlement in the wilderness. She carries nothing with her but her wits\, a f ew possessions\, and the spark of god that burns hot within her. What she finds in this terra incognita is beyond the limits of her imagination and will bend her belief in everything that her own civilization has taught he r. Lauren Groff&rsquo\;s \; novel is at once a thrilling adventure sto ry and a penetrating fable about trying to find a new way of living in a w orld succumbing to the churn of colonialism. \;The Vaster Wilds \;is a work of raw and prophetic power that tells the story of Amer ica in miniature\, through one girl at a hinge point in history\, to ask h ow&mdash\;and if&mdash\;we can adapt quickly enough to save ourselves. (Fr om the publisher)
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