{"product_id":"children-of-the-wild-a-wonderful-poignant-novel-david-baldacci-9781805466000","title":"Children of the Wild: 'A wonderful, poignant novel' David Baldacci","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gorgeous, haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of World War I France.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of The Yellow Birds comes a gorgeous, haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of World War I France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A novel of extraordinary beauty and power' Ben Fountain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEwer's Rock, Virginia, 1917.  Roy Young is restless, determined to leave this rural valley and make his mark on the twentieth century. Samantha Hatton, the minister's daughter, knows the town expects her and Roy to marry, but she hungers for more. The arrival of Ennis Duke - a mysterious wild boy tending to a lost herd of cattle up the mountain - will change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin a year, the lives of these three young people will be dramatically transformed. In the crucible of conflict, Roy and Ennis forge a fierce bond. Meanwhile, back in Virginia, Samantha's love and courage endure unthinkable sacrifice in a corner of the world fractured by violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the spare, exquisite prose and the profound insight that made The Yellow Birds a landmark work of American fiction, Kevin Powers illuminates the savage, complex, and timeless bonds of loyalty, honour, and heroism. Children of the Wild captures what it means to be human in times of loss - and how, even in darkness, the light of friendship and love endures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was captivated by \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, but with his latest, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, he has raised the bar and shows the maturity of a seasoned writer ever more confident of his skills and subjects. It is a wonderful, poignant novel that deserves to be on as many shelves and reside in as many hearts as possible. - David Baldacci \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781805466000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 11 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.6(H)x13.8(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eKevin Powers was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He has been a finalist for the National Book Award and a recipient of the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the Guardian First Book Award, the Prix Littéraire du Monde Prix Étranger, and the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine, among other prizes, and his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He was a James A. Michener Fellow in Poetry at the University of Texas at Austin from 2009-2012 and has held a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. A US Army veteran of the Iraq war, he lives on Florida's First Coast with his family.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eKevin Powers has conjured out of the mists of the Virginia mountains \u003cb\u003ea novel of extraordinary beauty and power.\u003c\/b\u003e Children of the Wild is about many things--the natural world, family, friendship, money, and war, most definitely war--but ultimately it's about the endless ways love finds to break us and make us. Powers can write; we've all known that since his era-defining debut The Yellow Birds, and \u003cb\u003eChildren of the Wild demonstrates his continuing rare mastery on every page.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ben Fountain, author of BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK and DEVIL MAKES THREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowers reinvents himself yet again. \u003c\/b\u003eThis time with a love story set at the dawn of the twentieth century, in which the son of a powerful family and his penniless best friend seek the hand of an enchanting young woman. Taking us from the lush mountains of Virginia to the battlefields of France, \u003cb\u003eChildren of the Wild reminds us of the best works of Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philipp Meyer, author of AMERICAN RUST and THE SON\u003cbr\u003eKevin Powers' \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003cb\u003eheart-wrenching epic\u003c\/b\u003e that takes readers from southwest Virginia to the battlefields of France to the alpine wilderness of the Bighorn Mountains and back again. Vast in its scope and intimate in its detail, Powers' newest novel tells \u003cb\u003ea breathtaking story of three young people, coming together and coming of age\u003c\/b\u003e in the early twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e is about friendship and love and figuring out what we believe in, or if we believe in anything at all. Powers is great at writing war stories, but he's even better at writing stories about what war does to us while we're trying-with everything we've got-to hold onto our humanity. \u003cb\u003eI inhaled this book.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rachel Beanland\u003cbr\u003eA masterpiece -- Hilary Mantel, Times Books of the Year on THE YELLOW BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e for America's Arab Wars -- Tom Wolfe on THE YELLOW BIRDS\u003cbr\u003eSuperb... Powers has done it again -- David Baldacci on A LINE IN THE SAND\u003cbr\u003eKevin Powers has been quietly and methodically building a body of work that will rank him at the very head of his profession. I was captivated by \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, but with his latest, \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, he has raised the bar and shows the maturity of\u003cb\u003e a seasoned writer \u003c\/b\u003eever more confident of his skills and subjects...You will take away many elements from the novel, but what struck me above all else was that Powers never falters in the belief in his creations' flawed humanity, the power of raw goodness, and the fact that redemption is open to any who genuinely seek it. It is \u003cb\u003ea wonderful, poignant novel that deserves to be on as many shelves and reside in as many hearts as possible.\u003c\/b\u003e I am proud to call him a fellow Virginian -- David Baldacci","brand":"Kevin Powers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49113813975257,"sku":"9781805466000","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781805466000.jpg?v=1787147165","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/children-of-the-wild-a-wonderful-poignant-novel-david-baldacci-9781805466000","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}