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ISBN: 9781549116629
| Runtime: | 9.86 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award
A USA Today bestseller
Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains.
Suddenly Lou finds herself growing up in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom...and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Baldacci triumphs with his best novel yet, an utterly captivating drama…What the novel offers above all is bone-deep emotional truth…This novel has a huge heart—and millions of readers are going to love it.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Readers will keep turning the pages of this delightful tale.
—Orlando Sentinel
“Knot-tight, driven, and in the end, an uplifting gospel that speaks to the strength of family bonds, Wish You Well adds a new dimension to Baldacci the writer and to the code of Appalachia-inspired artistry…The ending is pure Baldacci, uncertain until the last page.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“An exciting and engrossing story…A fine rewarding book.”
—Mansfield (OH) News Journal
“Wish You Well, set in [Baldacci’s] native Virginia, is a tale of hope and wonder…This shift from contentious urbanites to homespun hill families may come as a surprise to some of Baldacci’s fans—but they can rest assured: the author’s sense of pacing and exuberant prose have made the leap as well…Baldacci switches deftly between lovingly detailed character description and patient development of the novel’s central plot.”
—Amazon.com, editorial review
“[An] affecting novel whose richly textured setting of southwestern Virginia in the 1940s draws on the reminiscences of his mother and grandmother...Readers of historical fiction will welcome his debut in the genre.”
—Library Journal
“An excellent portrait of race and class distinction of the time and place and of a young woman growing up. And a good read.”
—Kliatt
“Baldacci slows things down a bit [in] Wish You Well, a story he culled from his own family’s history and experiences. It’s a coming-of-age tale reminiscent of that timeless classic To Kill a Mockingbird, where the setting—Virginia mountain coal country in the post-Depression 40s—is as much a character as any of the people who walk the pages.” —Barnes & Noble, editorial review
What the novel offers above all is bone-deep emotional truth...Its myriad characters--each as real as readers' own kin--grapple not just with issues of life and death but with the sufferings and joys of daily existence in a setting detailed with finely attuned attention and a warm sense of wonder. This novel has a huge heart. —Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
Baldacci intertwines heartbreak and wry humor to take readers on a roller-coaster ride that's nearly impossible to abandon for even a moment. —Oaklend Press
A moving story...the focus is on young people, and the message about love is heartening. —Booklist
There is wisdom aplenty in this homespun tale with its gritty action and authentic slices of rustic life. —Virginian-Pilot
A beautifully written tale. —Wichita Falls Times Record News (TX)
Author
Author Bio: David Baldacci
David Baldacci is one of the world’s favorite storytellers and a global bestselling author, with twenty-one of his novels making the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. In 2011 he was inducted into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame. His books are published in over forty-five languages and in more than eighty countries, with 150 million copies sold worldwide. His works have been adapted for both feature film and television. He is also the cofounder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across America.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Historical |
| Runtime: | 9.86 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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