Egg Island, Sara Flemington
Egg Island, Sara Flemington
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Egg Island

Author: Sara Flemington

Narrator: Raquel Beattie

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/09/2022


Synopsis

Two laconic teenage runaways plunge deep into backcountry, farther and farther away from civilization, searching for an extraordinary place that may or may not exist.

On the move for who knows how long, Julia, age unknown, walks into a gas station. There, the tall, ominous kid with a studded belt and crusty eyebrow ring who's stocking the fridge stops his work and leads her out back to the restroom. What happens next is technically grand theft auto.

Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive locale known as Egg Island, a place where, she has been told, the sky breaks the exosphere and the path to a new home will be revealed. Julia's journey is the story of the shy camaraderie between two bruised teens, stretching beyond roads, forests, and outer space, as they learn to reconcile their histories with the big, open future.

About Sara Flemington

Sara Flemington's stories have appeared in several journals, including subTerrain, the Humber Literary Review, and the Feathertale Review. Egg Island is her first novel. Sara lives in Toronto.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Book Clubbed on May 02, 2022

Shouts out to NetGalley for the ARC. Egg Island is quite the modern conundrum: a YA book that features young people who, you know, actually talk and act like young people. Irritable, confounding, complex, downtrodden young people, but young people nonetheless. This fact may mean that it isn't even sh......more

Goodreads review by Cathy on June 13, 2022

Egg Island by Sara Flemington Random stream of consciousness – characters chasing their tales without a real destination in mind – searching for something – and – at the end I wondered if or when they will find it as they did not find it by the end of the book. That said, I applaud the author for wri......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 28, 2022

I've read this book maybe ten times (cause the author is my gf lol) and I love it (obviously!). It is a weird, endearing, funny, touching, unpretentious, quietly confident debut novel, with fast-paced dialogue, and a simple, straightforward prose style that can be enjoyed by anyone (not just book ne......more

Goodreads review by Caitlyn on September 30, 2022

Thank you Goodreads for this giveaway! A short, quirky read about a teenage girl who runs away from home. I thought the teenage dialogue felt realistic but wish there was a bit more character development. Overall a nice quick read!......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on July 12, 2022

Egg Island” by Sara Flemington 🇨🇦 @moonchild__________ I read this in a day. It is the most unique, sad, quirky, funny adventure. Synopsis: Egg Island is the peculiar and darkly humorous story of Julia: a runaway in search of the elusive locale known as Egg Island, a place where, she has been told,......more