Getting Out

How far must she go to find a life of her own?

Hannah Blue is used to being needed. Her siblings lean on her, her parents’ divorce still casts a shadow, and her father’s moods and health scares keep pulling everyone back into his orbit. Even her boyfriend, Ben, seems to want more of a commitment than she is ready to give.

The Adventurer’s Club promises a break. In caves beneath the woods and on climbs across ice, Hannah discovers the pleasure of testing herself against something other than another person’s expectations. Then her father really does become ill, just as leaving is becoming harder to resist.

A journey into physical danger becomes an intimate question about love: how do you make room for yourself without abandoning the people who need you?