Waiting for the Night Song
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"Smart and searingly passionate...an illuminating snapshot of nature, betrayal, and sacrifices set in the evocative New Hampshire wilderness."--Kim Michele Richardson, bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek A startling and timely debut, Julie Carrick Dalton's Waiting for the Night Song is a moving, brilliant novel about friendships forged in childhood magic and ruptured by the high price of secrets that leave you forever changed. Cadie Kessler has spent decades trying to cover up one truth. One moment. But deep down, didn't she always know her secret would surface? An urgent message from her long-estranged best friend Daniela Garcia brings Cadie, now a forestry researcher, back to her childhood home. There, Cadie and Daniela are forced to face a dark secret that ended both their idyllic childhood bond and the magical summer that takes up more space in Cadie's memory then all her other years combined. Now grown up, bound by long-held oaths, and faced with truths she does not wish to see, Cadie must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the forest she loves, as drought, foreclosures, and wildfire spark tensions between displaced migrant farm workers and locals. Waiting for the Night Song is a love song to the natural beauty around us, a call to fight for what we believe in, and a reminder that the truth will always rise.Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1250269180
ISBN13:9781250269188
Release Date:January 2021
Publisher:Forge
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Not bad for a debut
Published by MizzyRed , 3 years ago
There were parts of this book I liked, mostly the childhood bits with Cadie and Daniela out on the lake picking blueberries and making up their poacher's code. I also liked the bits where Cadie is doing her research with the beetles and the fire hazard they are creating by killing the trees. That seemed to be pretty well researched and was presented in an interesting way.
I think though that the author tried too hard to do all that plus add in the undocumented immigrant plight and the bit of mystery thriller about the shooting that had occurred that long ago summer that changed so many lives. I found that part to be a bit tiresome because I guessed the truth and I got really tired of all the secrets that Cadie and everyone were carrying around. Secrets that were destroying the present day, amid all the fire concerns.
It was not bad for a debut book though.
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