A history of wild places : a novel / Shea Ernshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ernshaw, Shea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communal living--Fiction.

Communal living.

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Investigations--Fiction.

Investigations.

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Physical Description:

354 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Atria Books hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atria Books, 2021.

Summary:

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep weaves a richly atmospheric adult debut following three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune as they investigate the disappearances of two outsiders. Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James--a well-known author of dark, macabre children's books--he's led to a place many believed to be only a legend. Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn't exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it...he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James. Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis's abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there's a risk of bringing a disease--rot--into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn't as safe as they believed--and that darkness takes many forms. Hauntingly beautiful, hypnotic, and bewitching, A History of Wild Places is a story about fairy tales, our fear of the dark, and losing yourself within the wilderness of your mind"-- Provided by publisher.

"The New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep weaves a richly atmospheric adult debut following three residents of a secluded, seemingly peaceful commune as they investigate the disappearances of two outsiders. Travis Wren has an unusual talent for locating missing people. Hired by families as a last resort, he requires only a single object to find the person who has vanished. When he takes on the case of Maggie St. James-a well-known author of dark, macabre children's books-he's led to a place many believed to be only a legend. Called Pastoral, this reclusive community was founded in the 1970s by like-minded people searching for a simpler way of life. By all accounts, the commune shouldn't exist anymore and soon after Travis stumbles upon it...he disappears. Just like Maggie St. James. Years later, Theo, a lifelong member of Pastoral, discovers Travis's abandoned truck beyond the border of the community. No one is allowed in or out, not when there's a risk of bringing a disease-rot-into Pastoral. Unraveling the mystery of what happened reveals secrets that Theo, his wife, Calla, and her sister, Bee, keep from one another. Secrets that prove their perfect, isolated world isn't as safe as they believed-and that darkness takes many forms..."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part One: The Barn

Part Two: The Farmhouse

1. Theo

2. Calla

3. Bee

4. Theo

5. Calla

6. Bee

7. Calla

8. Bee

Part Three: The Gathering

9. Calla

10. Bee

11. Theo

12. Bee

13. Calla

14. Theo

15. Bee

16. Calla

17. Theo

18. Bee

19. Theo

20. Calla

21. Calla

22. Theo

23. Bee

24. Calla

25. Theo

26. Calla

27. Theo

28. Calla

29. Theo

30. Calla

31. Bee

32. Calla

33. Theo

34. Bee

35. Calla

36. Theo

37. Bee

38. Theo

39. Bee

40. Calla

41. Bee

42. Theo

43. Calla

44. Theo

45. Calla

46. Calla

47. Theo

48. Bee

49. Calla

Part Four: The Road

50. Bee

51. Calla

52. Theo

53. Calla

54. Bee

Part Five: The Outsiders

55. Theo

56. Calla

57. Theo

Epilogue

58. Calla.

Other Format:

Online version: Ernshaw, Shea. History of wild places.

ISBN:

9781982164805

1982164808

OCLC:

1236259248