Book : Raft Of Stars A Novel - Graff, Andrew J.

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Review “[An] exquisitely crafted novel about two 10-year-old boys on the lam on a river raft. . . . The art and craft of this narrative, apparent from the first page with its sublime constellations of images, offers brutal beauty, the glinting edge of truth, and the possibility of redemption for the fifth-grade boys, and also for the adults chasing them. Finding their way through the thick, gnarled woods and along the perilous river, both children and adults show they can transcend the thicket of confusion surrounding their personal circumstances and emerge toward more clarity.” -- Boston Globe“Andrew J. Graff’s engrossing, largehearted debut novel, Raft of Stars, is a book with a distinctly Rousseauian vibe. It is the story of what happens when two 10-year-old boys flee into the northern Wisconsin woods and how they, and their various adult pursuers, don’t merely survive, but shed their landlocked inhibitions and become better, bigger versions of themselves. . .Despite brushes with danger and death - roaring rapids, charging bears, loaded rifles, hunger - they don’t turn inward, nor do they turn against one another. No one goes Lord of the Flies. Instead, they do what they haven’t felt free to do in civilization: open up and cry, reveal their regrets and fears and needs.” -- The New York Times Book Review“Outdoorsy tales like this, from Hemingway’s early Michigan stories to James Dickey’s Deliverance on down, typically use woods and waterways as proving grounds for masculinity. But Graff...wants to unravel some of the expectations of the genre. Nature, here, isn’t impressed with masculinity at all, and it’s prepared to smash machismo against its rocks along with anything else. . . Graff writes exquisitely about the wilderness,...[and] recognizes that his main job is to deliver a gripping adventure tale, which the concluding chapters offer plenty of - dangerous rapids leading to life-threatening waterfalls, menacing black bears and coyotes.” -- Washington Post“The story will beg you to grab the person beside you, tilt the cover toward them, and ask, Have you read this yet? It will inevitably gift you a glorious post-book reading haze, a fog following you from room to room, trailed by a story you cant get out of your mind. Raft of Stars is a clarion call to the wild softness in all of us. It is a book to read, and read, and read again. -- Country Living“I had no idea people wrote books like Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars anymore-a rousing adventure yarn full of danger and heart and humor and characters worth worrying about. It’s as if, after observing the deplorable state we’re all in right now, the author took it upon himself to raise our collective spirits. Bravo!” -- Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and Chances Are...“An adventurous tale of misfit characters and a humble riverboat.” -- Parade (“A Must-Read Book of Spring”)“A heartfelt and enjoyable story with a welcome and genuine sense of place.” -- Milwaukee Magazine“The characters are expertly drawn in their shifting relationships . . . Both an engaging adventure and a profound reflection on human bonding, what it means to be a man (and a good one), and the importance of persevering. . . . Highly recommended, whether you want literate thrills or thoughtful, affirming meditation.” -- Library Journal (starred review)“But then I read a book like Raft of Stars, and I am again filled with wonder. Not just at nature-at rivers, forests, and fields-but at my children themselves….That folks such as Andrew Graff write novels like this is, for me, a sign of great hope.” -- Front Porch Republic“Impressive . . . [Graff’s] background as a hunter and a hiker gives him plenty of raw material to make the natural trials faced by Fish and Bread and their trackers realistic and, at times, harrowing. Besides whitewater, there’s violent weather, bears and the uncertainty of who will find the boys, if anyone, and when.” -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch “