Where the Forest Meets the Stars
by Glendy Vanderah
Taste attributes: dramamysteryanimalsheavyrealisticenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunlikely connectionssolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeExpect a moving, serious novel, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises.
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- Author
- Glendy Vanderah
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 327
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- Source
- Open Library
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