Recipient of a Montana Book Award Honor and shortlisted for the Center for
Fiction's 2023 Debut Novel Prize, LOOKOUT is set in Rural Montana and centers
on the dual coming-of-age of a girl and her father amid the natural and
cultural forces that shape their family. LOOKOUT tells the story of the
Kinzlers, a complex working-class family firmly rooted in northwestern
Montana. Josiah and Margaret Kinzler have forged an unusual bond marked by
both tenderness and distance; their daughters, Cody and Louisa, grow up
watching their parents navigate what it means to be true to yourself and what
that costs. LOOKOUT offers a gripping dual coming-of-age: Cody's from stoic
ranch kid to hotshot firefighter to resilient woman learning to rely on
others, and Josiah's as he struggles to thrive in a world that has
misunderstood him. Bound by their love of the land, the Kinzlers work to
bridge the gaps created by what they leave unspoken. LOOKOUT brings to life a
family coming out to itself, at home in a new and nuanced American West. Read
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