Makeshift by Rock, Peter
Makeshift by Rock, Peter

Makeshift

"Lyrical and poignant, Makeshift proves a powerful antidote to the modern world. This must-read novel lures the...
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Author: Peter Rock
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Makeshift by Rock, Peter

Makeshift

$32.40
Makeshift by Rock, Peter

Makeshift

$32.40
Author: Peter Rock
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"Lyrical and poignant, Makeshift proves a powerful antidote to the modern world. This must-read novel lures the reader in, not unlike the coastal wrecks that line the island." --Adam Johnson, author of The Wayfinder

Abandoned on a remote island known as Makeshift, three sisters--Ari, Heiko, and CeCe--believe they're the last humans on Earth.

These three, left alone after a band of foreigners slaughtered their entire community, must learn to fend for themselves. They fish and forage in the shallow waters of their protected cove, salvage useful treasures from the rusting hulks of ships that ran aground on its offshore reefs, and entertain themselves with half-remembered tales from their time before.

But when they stray beyond the island into a wider, broken world, they find that life may not be as they believed. And upon their return to the island, they face further revelations that strain their bonds, hint that secrets may be everywhere, and affirm their need for one another in the face of a perilous future. Makeshift is a singular novel of hope and survival set on a small rock-bound island in the coastal Pacific Northwest, and a testament to devotion and allegiance rendered with the haunting grace of Rock's precision prose.

Author: Peter Rock
Publisher: Soft Skull
Published: 08/25/2026
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781593768171


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2026

About the Author
PETER ROCK is the author of eleven previous works of fiction, including My Abandonment, which won the Alex Award and was adapted into the film Leave No Trace. The recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and John Dos Passos Prize, he lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two daughters.
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