Wish You Well

Name: Wish You Well
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.57 (16 reviews)
Author: David Baldacci
ISBN: 9781594834479

Author: David Baldacci

Narrator: Kate Burton

Abridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 11/01/2005

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Life, Coming Of Age, Mystery & Detective, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Following a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains--but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they'll have to defend it from a dark threat in this New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story.

Precocious twelve-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her family. Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother, Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on their great-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains.

Suddenly Lou finds herself growing up in a new landscape, making her first true friend, and experiencing adventures tragic, comic, and audacious. When a dark, destructive force encroaches on her new home, her struggle will play out in a crowded Virginia courtroom...and determine the future of two children, an entire town, and the mountains they love.

About David Baldacci

Author, David Baldacci, was born in Richmond VA in 1960. He had had a different plan for his life than most authors. He received a law degree from the University of VA and practiced in law for many years in Washington, DC. He actively began writing stories as a child after his mother gave him a notebook. As he got older he wrote short stories and screenplays without reaching much success. He then turned to writing a novel where he spent three years writing Absolute Powers in 1996, which proved to be a bestseller. He has published 29 bestselling adult novels and 4 children's novels.

Baldacci and his wife live in Vienna, VA where they are the founders of "Wish You Well Foundation". (named after one of his novels, "Wish You Well" which was also a screenplay for the movie starring Ellen Burstyn.) The Foundation works to combat illiteracy in the United States. Baldacci has over 110 million copies of his book in print.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on January 04, 2009

I am not a Baldacci fan...never read another of his books. But this is not characteristic of his legal thrillers. This is a beautiful story about 2 children learning what is really important in life...and it's NOT money. I've heard that in many places this is becoming required reading at the junior......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 25, 2022

Was this Baldacci's attempt at his Great American novel? A huge departure from his normal 'mainstream thriller writing' is taken with this story set before the Second World War about a family overcoming and surviving tragedy, which on the face of it felt powerful, but just underneath, the lack of in......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on June 07, 2017

I laughed and I cried (mostly cried)...I would not typically read this type of book, but this story of hope and triumph of the human spirit had me hooked to the very end. It was well written; the characters were deep and engaging and the setting beautifully described. This is the story of Louisa May......more

Goodreads review by Shobhit on May 05, 2016

There are a lot of books which make you feel things- sometimes happy, sad the other times, and much more. Then there are some books which grab you by the scruff, shake all emotions out of you and refill you with a new experience of things which you never felt before. This is one of those books for me......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on December 11, 2022

While I can respect and appreciate that David Baldacci went out of his comfort zone for this book it overall fell flat for me. It felt like a story I’ve heard before and was rather predictable. The story wasn’t bad, but it was hard to really get into it. I wanted to like the main characters especial......more

Quotes

"What the novel offers above all is bone-deep emotional truth...Its myriad characters--each as real as readers' own kin--grapple not just with issues of life and death but with the sufferings and joys of daily existence in a setting detailed with finely attuned attention and a warm sense of wonder. This novel has a huge heart."
—Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"Baldacci intertwines heartbreak and wry humor to take readers on a roller-coaster ride that's nearly impossible to abandon for even a moment."
—Oaklend Press

"A moving story...the focus is on young people, and the message about love is heartening."
—Booklist

"There is wisdom aplenty in this homespun tale with its gritty action and authentic slices of rustic life."
—Virginian-Pilot

"A beautifully written tale."
—Wichita Falls Times Record News (TX)