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  • Wish You Well

  • A beautifully crafted and touching story reminiscent of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

    

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It is 1940 and the accidental death of their father sends two children, Lou and her younger brother Oz, along with their invalid mother, from New York City to the rugged mountains of southwestern Virginia to live with their great-grandmother, Louisa Mae Cardinal. Life is different in Virginia where food is homemade, school is a long walk down the road, and chores involve rising early in the morning. The children flourish. Then the local coal-and-gas company comes around, conniving to seize the property. The climactic courtroom battle, which will decide the fates of Lou, Oz, and their mother, is as unpredictable as it is relentless. More "literary" than Baldacci's traditional thrillers, WISH YOU WELL is a coming-of-age tale that will move and captivate readers.

"Baldacci triumphs with his best novel yet, an utterly captivating drama...offers...bone-deep emotional truth..." (Publishers Weekly)

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