{"product_id":"9781668063613","title":"Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick)","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The best thriller of 2025.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e * “Genius.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“A literary thriller of the highest order” (Elin Hilderbrand, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Couple\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eHeartwood\u003c\/i\u003e takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time after a woman mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeep in the Maine woods, an experienced hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination. Alone in the wilderness, Valerie pours her thoughts into fractured, poetic letters to her mother as she battles the elements and struggles to keep hoping.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of the investigation is Beverly, the determined Maine State Game Warden tasked with finding Valerie, who leads the search on the ground. Meanwhile, Lena, a seventy-six-year-old birdwatcher in a Connecticut retirement community, becomes an unexpected armchair detective. Roving between these compelling narratives, a puzzle emerges, intensifying the frantic search, as Valerie’s disappearance may not be accidental.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartwood \u003c\/i\u003eis a “gem of a thousand facets—suspenseful, transporting, tender, and ultimately soul-mending,” (Megha Majumdar, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Burning\u003c\/i\u003e) that tells the story of a lost hiker’s odyssey and is a moving rendering of each character’s interior journey. The mystery inspires larger questions about the many ways in which we get lost, and how we are found. At its core, \u003ci\u003eHeartwood \u003c\/i\u003eis an “unputdownable” (\u003ci\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/i\u003e) and redemptive novel, written with both enormous literary ambition and love.","brand":"Amity Gaige","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45771159404732,"sku":"9781668063613","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d5d47dd6-e8ad-40cf-8eec-84709f661dc8.jpg?v=1769190367","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781668063613","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}