The Forest of Vanishing Stars: A NovelParade “Best Books of Summer” pick * Real Simple summer reading pick * SheReads “Best WWII Fiction of Summer 2021” pick The New York Times bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything. After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest—and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything. Inspired by incredible true stories of survival against staggering odds, and suffused with the journey-from-the-wilderness elements that made Where the Crawdads Sing a worldwide phenomenon, The Forest of Vanishing Stars is a heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author whose writing has been hailed as “sweeping and magnificent” (Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author), “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), and “gripping” (Tampa Bay Times). |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 14 |
Section 4 | 20 |
Section 5 | 30 |
Section 6 | 44 |
Section 7 | 58 |
Section 8 | 69 |
Section 18 | 214 |
Section 19 | 224 |
Section 20 | 239 |
Section 21 | 253 |
Section 22 | 269 |
Section 23 | 284 |
Section 24 | 298 |
Section 25 | 312 |
Section 9 | 81 |
Section 10 | 97 |
Section 11 | 108 |
Section 12 | 124 |
Section 13 | 137 |
Section 14 | 154 |
Section 15 | 169 |
Section 16 | 186 |
Section 17 | 201 |
Section 26 | 323 |
Section 27 | 335 |
Section 28 | 345 |
Section 29 | 354 |
Section 30 | 357 |
Section 31 | 362 |
Section 32 | 366 |
Section 33 | 371 |
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