These Silent Woods
A Novel
$39.89
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
14 February 2023
Summary
No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world.
For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that’s exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he’s got a lot to hide. Finch has been raised on the books filling the cabin’s shelves and the beautiful but brutal code of life in the wilderness. But she’s starting to push back against the sheltered life Cooper has created for her-and he’s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250793416 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1250793416 |
| Author: | Kimi Cunningham Grant |
| Publisher: | Minotaur Books,US |
| Imprint: | Minotaur Books,US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 14 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
People Magazine’s “Best New Books” November 2021
One of the “Biggest Mysteries and Thrillers for 2021”–Goodreads
One of the “Best New Books to Read” –New York Post
One of the “Best New Books of October 2021”–PopSugar.com
One of the “20 Fall and Winter Releases to Have on Your Radar”–Bookish.com
One of the “October Mysteries & Thrillers to Know”–Bookriot.com
One of the “26 Best New Books for This Fall”–Country Living
One of the “Outstanding Thriller Book Releases 2021”–TheNerdDaily.com
One of the “Latest Mysteries, Debuts, Holiday Tales and Reimaginings from Down South” –Deep South Magazine
“A secretive Army vet and his precocious daughter have lived eight years in the Appalachian wilderness–until a mysterious stranger intrudes.” –People Magazine
“Your next must read.” -Country Living
“If you want suspense, atmospheric, a remote setting, and a character-driven narrative with an ending you’ll be thinking about long after finishing, this is absolutely your next read.” -Book Riot
”[A] multilayered work of suspense…Grant anchors the novel with penetrating creativity and striking originality, augmented by enduringly memorable characters and precise, occasionally lyrical prose. At once heartbreaking and harrowing, redemptive and riveting.” -Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
“Grant’s lyrical writing and a deep understanding of her characters propel These Silent Woods…[an] emotional story that gains heart-pounding suspense when the outside world intrudes.” -Shelf Awareness
”[An] evocative novel of suspense…Grant is a writer to watch.” –Publishers Weekly
“Grant’s evocative prose, nuanced characters, and undercurrent of quiet tension will appeal to a variety of readers.” -Library Journal
“An engrossing lesson in survivalism…soulful [and] meditative.” -Kirkus Reviews
“Gorgeously written, taut and compelling.” -John Hart, bestselling author of The Hush
“An exceptional novel, filled with vivid prose and surprising revelations of character.” -Ron Rash, bestselling author of Serena
“A beautifully rendered tale of guilt and grace.” -Laura McHugh, bestselling author of The Weight of Blood
“Grant’s atmospheric novel masterfully ratchets the quietest of tense moments into powerful suspense.” -Jess Montgomery, author of The Hollows
“An emotionally potent novel whose tragic characters and moral quandaries linger long after the stunning final pages.” -Ian Pisarcik, author of Before Familiar Woods
“Elegiac yet hopeful, raw but beautiful, and simmering with suspense, These Silent Woods is observant to the core.” -Emily Carpenter, author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls
About The Author
Kimi Cunningham Grant
KIMI CUNNINGHAM GRANT is the author of Fallen Mountains, Silver Like Dust, and These Silent Woods. Kimi is a two-time winner of a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Prize in Poetry and a recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship in creative nonfiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in Fathom, Literary Mama, RATTLE, Poet Lore, and Whitefish Review. She lives with her family in Pennsylvania.
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