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"In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the...

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Main Author: Gaige, Amity, 1972- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2025]
Subjects:
Search and rescue operations > Maine > Fiction.
Game wardens > Maine > Fiction.
Women hikers > Fiction.
Bird watchers > Fiction.
Wilderness survival > Maine > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Missing persons > Fiction.
Maine > Fiction.
Survival fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
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Summary:"In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping. At the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie's disappearance may not be accidental."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"Read with Jenna" -- Cover.
Physical Description:309 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9781668063606
1668063603
Author Notes:Heartwood is Amity Gaige's fifth novel. It was selected by Jenna Bush Hager as a Read with Jenna pick for April 2025 and became an instant national bestseller. Amity is the author of four previous novels, O My Darling , The Folded World , Schroder , and Sea Wife . Sea Wife was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice Award. Schroder was also a New York Times Notable Book and a best book of 2013 according to The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , among others, and was shortlisted for UK's Folio Prize in 2014. In 2018, Amity was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with her family and teaches creative writing at Yale.

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