The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Children's Family Life Books Faced with blurred lines between

Faced with blurred lines between right and wrong

she’s hunted down and dispatched rapists

For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers

So does Clifford Garstang's vivid and simmering novel

BOOK OF THE YEAR (2020) FINALIST―Book of The Month Club

The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle Children's Family Life Books Faced with blurred lines betweenA story of pluck and determination inspired by the real events of 1815 17, when a young man named Karl Drais invented the very first bicycle. Before there were trains, or cars, or planes, people rode horses to travel from place to place. Then came the Year without a Summer, when a cloud of volcanic ash blocked the sun and crops withered across half the world. With no oats to eat, horses grew too weak to walk. Everyone despairedhow would they get