Juice by Tim Winton

Survival is only the beginning.

Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. They’re exhausted, traumatized, desperate now, and this is a forsaken place, but as a refuge it’s the most promising they’ve seen. The child peers at the field of desolation. The man thinks to himself, this could work.

Problem is, they’re not alone . . .

So begins a searing journey through a life where the challenge is not only to survive; it’s keeping your humanity if you do.

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Content / Trigger Warnings:

Graphic
Violence, Child death, Death

Moderate
Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent

Minor
Animal cruelty, Drug use, Sexual harassment