Raven longs for human connection and briefly finds it with a group of boys who encourage her to visit their school, prompting Raven’s mother to place her on a strict lockdown. In a parallel narrative set in the Washington wilderness, a child named Raven is sequestered by her mercurial mother. Ellis numbs herself with booze and pills, and permanently leaves Jonah and the twins to visit her Midwest home. But tragedy strikes when she leaves Viola for a moment in the parking lot and the baby is abducted. Ellis has had a lifelong connection with nature, and finds solace there. After Ellis Bauhammer discovers her husband, Jonah, is having an affair, she takes a day trip with their four-year-old twins and newborn daughter, Viola, to a forest preserve near their home in Upstate New York. But despite her mother’s cautions, Raven finds herself longing for something more.Īs Ellis and Raven each confront their powerful longings, their journeys will converge in unexpected and hopeful ways, pulled together by the forces of nature, love, and family.Vanderah follows Where the Forest Meets the Stars with another magical story about the power of love and second chances. With each lesson comes a warning of what dangers lie in the world beyond her isolated haven.
Raven spends her days learning how to use her rare gifts―and more important, how to hide them. She must never speak to outsiders about how her mother makes miracles spring from the earth, or about her father, whose mysterious presence sometimes frightens her. In a remote area of Washington, a young girl named Raven keeps secrets inside, too.
Convinced she can only do more harm to her family, Ellis leaves her husband and young sons, burying her desperate ache for her children deeper with every step into the mountain wildernesses she treks alone. A breaking point in an already fractured marriage, Viola’s abduction causes Ellis to disappear as well―into grief, guilt, and addiction.
In a moment of crisis, Ellis Abbey leaves her daughter, Viola, unattended―for just a few minutes.
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