Many thanks to Simon & Schuster Audio for the gifted audiobook.
I’ve seen this book all over bookstagram and I’m here to say the hype is real. Heartwood by Amity Gaige is the story of a woman who goes missing while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine. When Valerie doesn’t rendezvous with her husband at particular point, the authorities are notified. Beverly, a veteran Maine State Game Warden, leads the search and rescue. While the search unfolds, Lena, an elderly woman in a retirement home miles from Maine, becomes obsessed with the mystery of the lost hiker.
I really enjoyed how the author wove together all the different threads into a riveting and emotional story. Valerie’s personality really comes out in her journal entries and in interviews with a fellow hiker she befriended on the trail. I really liked Beverly’s story of making her career in what was once a male only profession. Her dedication and service in the job she loved fueled her search for Valerie. The multiple POV kept the tension steady as the search went on. The mystery of what happened to Valerie kept me listening. I binged listening to this one because was so riveting. The multi cast narrators did a fantastic job of bringing the characters and story to life. I highly recommend Heartwood if you’re looking for a story full of heart with strong female characters.
Have you ever taking on a physically and mentally demanding goal like hiking the Appalachian Trail?
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About the Author
Amity Gaige is the author of four previous novels, O My Darling, The Folded World, Schroder, and Sea Wife. Sea Wife was a 2020 New York Times Notable Book and a finalist for the Mark Twain American Voice Award. Schroderwas also a New York TimesNotable Book and a best book of 2013 according to TheWashington Post, The Wall Street Journal, among others, and was shortlisted for UK’s Folio Prize in 2014. Her work has been translated into eighteen languages. In 2018, Amity was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with her family and teaches creative writing at Yale.
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