Wish You Well

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Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story.

Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae…

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1 author picked Wish You Well as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

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Wish You Well is a family tale about two children set in the 1930s and 1940s whose father is killed in a car wreck and whose mother has been nonresponsive since, although she recovered from her physical injuries. It’s a story about family, love, struggle and triumph.

It’s told from the viewpoint of a young girl, Louisa Cardinal, who comes from New York City to rural Virginia to live with her great-grandmother. It’s a major culture shock for the girl, but the setting resonated for me.

My grandfather came from the same area, and although raised in Missouri, not Appalachia,…

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