Monday, January 23, 2012

Far From Here by Nicole Baart {review}

Far From Here

Paperback, 352 pages
Expected publication: February 7th 2012
by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

How long do you hold on to hope?
Danica Greene has always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway and together, she and Etsell settled into a life where love really did seem to conquer all. Danica is firmly rooted on the ground in Blackhawk, the small town in northern Iowa where they grew up, and the wide slashes of sky that stretch endlessly across the prairie seem more than enough for Etsell. But when the opportunity to spend three weeks in Alaska helping a pilot friend presents itself, Etsell accepts and their idyllic world is turned upside down. It’s his dream, he reveals, and Danica knows that she can’t stand in the way. Ell is on his last flight before heading home when his plane mysteriously vanishes shortly after takeoff, leaving Danica in a free fall. Etsell is gone, but what exactly does gone mean? Is she a widow? An abandoned wife? Or will Etsell find his way home to her? Danica is forced to search for the truth in her marriage and treks to Alaska to grapple with the unanswerable questions about her husband’s mysterious disappearance. But when she learns that Ell wasn’t flying alone and that a woman is missing, too, the bits and pieces of the careful life that she had constructed for them in Iowa take to the wind. A story of love and loss, and ultimately starting over, Far From Here explores the dynamics of intimacy and the potentially devastating consequences of the little white lies we tell the ones we love.

First Line(s): The brought things.
Like hopeful penitents or sojourners making the pilgrimage to a holy land filled with story and sorrow, they arrived with gifts.

My Review: What a great book, a book that I was glued to from the first word to the very last. The emotions Nicole Baart was able to write were real, raw and beautiful! You sat there mourning with Danica over the loss of her husband.

Far From Here was my first novel read by Nicole Baart but it will not be the last, she is amazing. I highly recommend Far From Here to anyone!!

My Rating: Photobucket

1 comment:

Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...

very interesting! i hadn't seen this one before!