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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER JIMMY FALLON SUMMER READS WINNER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 "The God of the Woods should be your next summer mystery." --The Washington Post "Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt's 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air." --Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR "Riveting from page one to the last breathless word." --Rebecca Makkai, New York Times bestselling author of I Have Some Questions For You When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn't just any thirteen-year-old: she's the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region's residents. And this isn't the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara's older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Author: Liz Moore
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.22w x 1.23d
ISBN13: 9780593915370
ISBN10: 0593915372
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Literary
As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.
Author: Liz Moore
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.22w x 1.23d
ISBN13: 9780593915370
ISBN10: 0593915372
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life | General
- Fiction | Psychological
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Liz Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was a Good Morning America Book Club pick and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2019, as well as the acclaimed novels Heft and The Unseen World. A winner of the 2014-2015 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia.