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Wish You Well
- Author
- David Baldacci
- Narrator
- Norma Lana
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 1 November 2005
- Run Time
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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"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
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"A beautifully written tale."
—Wichita Falls Times Record News (TX)
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Details
- Author
- David Baldacci
- Narrator
- Norma Lana
- Duration
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 November 2005
- ISBN
- 9781594834462
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Historical crime and mysteries, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story.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.
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