I finished Radio Free Olympia over 2 weeks ago, and I still don’t know how to write a review for this book. This is beautifully written and absolutely brings the lushness of the Olympic Peninsula to the page. While we follow Petr, Baie, Raven, and White Otter, this story isn’t really about any other them, but really about the place. That Wilde, free-spirited place that is the Olympic Peninsula.
Every time I sat down to read this book, I was transported back to our trip to Olympic National Park and hiking through towering ferns, moss covered trees, and the misty rain that permeates the days.
I read this as an ebook, rather than by paperback, and I think I missed out on realizing that Baie’s diary entries were poems, and some of the other formatting to the paperback.
Thank you to @jeffreydunnspokane @izzardink @prbythebook for the #gifted copy of Radio Free Olympia!
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Book Synopsis
For fans of highly original and beautifully penned literary fiction, “Radio Free Olympia” unites a captivating circle of visionaries, folktale characters, and historical figures who struggle to return to their old-growth existence on Washington’s wild Olympic Peninsula. Follow the foundling Petr into the mountain rainforest as he broadcasts forgotten voices from his pirate radio transmitter. Move in with Baie as she opens Wildsisters, a cranberry-infused roadhouse home for lost women. A tongue is stolen. An infant is kidnapped. And justice, not just for the characters but also for the flora, the fauna, and the terrain itself, must be served.
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