Best Seller
Sublimity Canyon
Hardcover
$29.00
Available on Apr 20, 2027 | 272 Pages
A luminous, beautifully observed novel about the damage we do to the people and places we love, and what it means to begin again in a world forever changed by our actions
“A searing, surprising coming-of-age novel unlike any I’ve read…This is a moving, unforgettable story about hometowns, queer friendship, destruction, and renewal—and what it takes to rebuild a self, a friendship, a family, and ultimately, a world.”
—Eliana Ramage, author of To the Moon and Back
The great miracle of my life was that no one died.
The Montana canyon where Howell spent their childhood was once a place of refuge, beauty, and possibility. Then, in a single reckless moment, Howell set off a wildfire that consumed millions of acres, changing the landscape forever—and the course of their own life. In the years that followed, Howell became a symbol of environmental destruction, bound by a decade of probation and fifty million dollars in restitution for a mistake that never stopped making headlines.
Now, as that sentence nears its end, Howell stands at the threshold of an adulthood they have spent years yearning for. But time is not the same as absolution. As the past begins to surface in unexpected ways, Howell, like the canyon itself, must reckon with what has been lost, what cannot be restored, and what might yet take root.
Lyrical and unsparing, Sublimity Canyon explores the complicated work of forgiveness, the enduring bonds of family and friendship, and the possibility of renewal in a world that bears the marks of our worst mistakes.
“A searing, surprising coming-of-age novel unlike any I’ve read…This is a moving, unforgettable story about hometowns, queer friendship, destruction, and renewal—and what it takes to rebuild a self, a friendship, a family, and ultimately, a world.”
—Eliana Ramage, author of To the Moon and Back
The great miracle of my life was that no one died.
The Montana canyon where Howell spent their childhood was once a place of refuge, beauty, and possibility. Then, in a single reckless moment, Howell set off a wildfire that consumed millions of acres, changing the landscape forever—and the course of their own life. In the years that followed, Howell became a symbol of environmental destruction, bound by a decade of probation and fifty million dollars in restitution for a mistake that never stopped making headlines.
Now, as that sentence nears its end, Howell stands at the threshold of an adulthood they have spent years yearning for. But time is not the same as absolution. As the past begins to surface in unexpected ways, Howell, like the canyon itself, must reckon with what has been lost, what cannot be restored, and what might yet take root.
Lyrical and unsparing, Sublimity Canyon explores the complicated work of forgiveness, the enduring bonds of family and friendship, and the possibility of renewal in a world that bears the marks of our worst mistakes.
Author
Jules Ohman
Jules Ohman is the author of the novels Body Grammar and Sublimity Canyon. Their writing has appeared in Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Buckman Journal, Willow Springs, Camas Magazine, and others. She is currently a visiting professor at the University of Montana and lives with her wife in Missoula.
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