'If you’re jonesing for a big family saga, Ash Davidson’s debut will do the trick. 'pitch-perfect.an unforgettable portrait of the very real consequences that environmental decay can hold, for nature and humanity alike.' - Vogue “ astonishingly polished and immensely affecting debut novel.a knockout.' - Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle Can’t stop thinking about it.” - Stephen King By the time I was 50 pages in, I could hardly put it down.

It’s about work and love and characters who ring true. “Probably the best novel I’ll read this year. By the end, I felt both grateful to have known these people and bereft at the prospect of leaving them behind.” - Ron Charles, Washington Post “Damnation Spring offers that rare opportunity to become part of a small community and move among its members until their hopes and fears seem as real as our own. It’s about our relationships to our loved ones and our communities, it’s about morality and greed, it’s about our understanding of and respect for the natural world.” - John McMurtrie, New York Times Book Review “A glorious book - an assured novel that’s gorgeously told. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD

WINNER OF THE READING THE WEST AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION Named a best book of the year by the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek, Kirkus, Amazon, the Chicago Public Library, BookPage, and BookRiot, a best California book of the year and an Editors’ Choice by the New York Times, and a Washington Post notable book.

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