As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back
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Nominated for The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Book Award, Alle C. Hall's debut literary novel, As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back is for book lovers of two classics: The Lovely Bones and The Beach.
Carlie is not merely traveling. A child sexual abuse survivor, as a teen she steals ten thousand dollars and runs away to Asia. There, the Lonely Planet path of hookups, heat, alcohol, and drugs takes on a terrifying reality.
Landing in Tokyo in the late 1980s, Carlie falls in with an international crew of tai chi-practicing backpackers. With their help, she has the chance at a journey she didn't plan for: one to find the self-respect taken from her as a child and the healthy sexuality she desires.
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Reviews
Firebird award winner for Coming of Age & Literary Fiction
"With a realistic redemption arc, As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back is a novel in which a survivor of abuse achieves a gritty, tender coming-of-age and reinvents herself." -Karen Ribgy, The Foreward
"A rare novel that shows how easily childhood trauma can be internalized and normalized, distorting our coming-of-age. Hall puts us inside that headspace then walks us through a maze of globe-trotting dissociation to a better, more hopeful place. An outstanding debut." -Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of The Many Daughters of Afong Moy and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
"One of the strongest authorial voices I've heard in a very long time. A formidable story that broke my heart, and ultimately gave me hope." -Anna Quinn, author of The Night Child and Angeline
