The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep by Neil Gordon is a reprint edition published by Viking in 2003, featuring 406 pages in English. This novel unfolds in 2006, when seventeen-year-old Isabel Montgomery begins receiving emails from her estranged father, who abandoned her a decade earlier. As he reaches out for help, he reveals the complexities of his past, including a false identity and a history tied to a robbery gone wrong in 1974, which ultimately leads to his status as a fugitive.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines personal and political themes, exploring the impact of family secrets against the backdrop of the radical anti-war group, the Weather Underground. The story delves into the challenges of reconciling political ideals with familial loyalty, as Isabel learns more about her father’s life and the choices he made. This edition presents a rich tapestry of action, adventure, and historical context, inviting readers to reflect on the sacrifices made in the name of both family and belief.
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It is 2006. Seventeen-year-old Isabel Montgomery starts to receive emails from her father, a man who had abandoned her in a hotel room ten years ago when his past finally caught up with him. Why has he contacted her now? Because he needs her help and is finally ready to reveal the truth. Over the course of the next month, further emails arrive telling her more about her family’s past. Isabel discovers that her father adopted a false identity in the hope of avoiding murder charges for a robbery gone wrong in 1974. By 1996, with a marriage falling apart around him, he is one last Vietnam-era fugitives still wanted by the law. When he is finally tracked down by a young newspaper reporter in search of a story he must abandon years of safe underground life in an attempt to exonerate himself. Set against the rise and fall of the radical anti-war group the Weather Underground, The Company You Keep is a sweeping American saga about sacrifice, the righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties.
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