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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
ISBN
9780446610100

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
0446610100
ISBN-13
9780446610100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1719441

Product Key Features

Book Title
Wish You Well
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Family Life, Coming of Age, Literary
Publication Year
2001
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Author
David Baldacci
Format
Mass Market

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Item Length
6.8 in
Item Width
4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
David Baldacci has made a name for himself crafting big, burly legal thrillers withlarger-than-life plots. However, Wish You Well, set in his native Virginia, is a tale of hopeand wonder and "something of a miracle" just itching to happen. This shift from contentiousurbanites to homespun hill families may come as a surprise to some of Baldacci's fans--but they canrest assured: the author's sense of pacing and exuberant prose have made the leap as well.The year is 1940. After a car accident kills 12-year-old Lou's and 7-year-old Oz's father and leavestheir mother Amanda in a catatonic trance, the children find themselves sent from New York Cityto their great-grandmother Louisa's farm in Virginia. Louisa's hardscrabble existence comes as aprofound shock to precocious Lou and her shy brother. Still struggling to absorb theirabandonment, they enter gamely into a life that tests them at every turn--and offers unimaginablerewards. For Lou, who dreams of following in her father's literary footsteps, the misty, craggyAppalachians and the equally rugged individuals who make the mountains their home quicklybecome invested with an almost mythic significance:They took metal cups from nails on the wall and dipped them in the water, and then sat outside anddrank. Louisa picked up the green leaves of a mountain spurge growing next to the springhouse,which revealed beautiful purple blossoms completely hidden underneath. "One of God's littlesecrets," she explained. Lou sat there, cup cradled between her dimpled knees, watching andlistening to her great-grandmother in the pleasant shade...Baldacci switches deftly between lovingly detailed character description (an area in which his debtto Laura Ingalls Wilder and Harper Lee seems evident) and patient development of the novel'scentral plot. If that plot is a trifle transparent--no one will be surprised by Amanda's miraculousrecovery or by the children's eventual battle with the nefarious forces of industry in an attempt tosave their great-grandmother's farm--neither reader nor character is the worse for it. After all,nostalgia is about remembering things one already knows. --Kelly Flynn

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  • by mountain_lake
    27 Sep, 2022

    Baldacci's novel, WISH YOU WELL, keeps the pages turning.

    I am not a Baldacci reader as I am not into the mystery genre. I saw him interviewed this summer, and when asked what his favorite book of his own was, he named this one. After looking it up and reading a summary, I decided to buy it, and was not disappointed. Great read.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by lovebaha
    07 Mar, 2019

    Great book!

    It is unlike most of David Baldacci's other books. Instead of being a crime thriller, it is about two children being raised by their great-grandmother on a primitive but lovely far without electricity or plumbing in the Virginia Appalachians. His prose is wonderfully descriptive and well-formed. The story is compelling but also relaxing. He is one of my five most favorite authors and this story is a gem.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: dcarr92

  • by BNTgvl2QQV2@Deleted
    12 Dec, 2015

    Fantastic!

    This book is a gem. Of the thousands of books I have read in my lifetime, this one touched my heart the most and I bought this one to give as a gift.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: stormycatbooks2014

  • by emilyn0710
    03 Oct, 2019

    Wish You Well

    An interesting homespun tale of rustic life.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: phoenixfriends

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