title: History of Wolves: A Novel
author:  Emily Fridlund 
description: <strong><a href="//www.amazon.com/b/?node=390919011">An Amazon Best Book of January 2017:</a></strong> <em>History of Wolves</em> by Emily Fridlund is exactly the kind of book you want to curl up with in the winter. Its propulsive, vividly written, laced with a razors chill and filled with imagery thats impossible to forget. There is a constant sense of foreboding, of wondering when the truth will crash through the Minnesota ice. Linda is a loner, a teenage girl who walks to school and lives on a failed commune in the woods. But her life of solitude cracks open when her history teacherwhom she fantasizes aboutis charged with child pornography. Outside of school, Linda begins to spend time with a young boy and his mother who moved into a house across the lake, but their family, like her teacher, are not as they appear. Fridlund masterfully ratchets up the tension, exploding this story of secrets and girlhood with crisp, cutting prose that will leave you shocked and in awe. A remarkable novel, that just so happens to be a debut, by a fiercely talented writer. <em>--Al Woodworth, The Amazon Book Review</em>
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  HISTORY  
  OF WOLVES
  
  
  _A Novel_
  
  
  _Emily Fridlund_
  
  
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  Copyright © 2017 by Emily Fridlund
  
  
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