Where the Forest Meets the Stars

By: Glendy Vanderah

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller, and a Goodreads Choice Award finalist.

In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises.

The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay—just until she learns more about Ursa’s past.

Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore?

Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. When it finally catches up to them, all of their painful secrets will be forced into the open, and their fates will be left to the stars.

© 2019 by Glendy Vanderah. ℗ 2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

not Sci Fi but a sweet story

not sure why i thought i was getting a sci fi novel here but im a sucker for a romance anyway. well written, I thought. held my interest.

Super entertaining

I was immediately captured by the premise of the story, (no spoilers) the narration was good, kept the story flowing. The story was good (sometimes a little bit corny) and not tons of surprises, but I listened to the book straight through in two days. So Corny or not I was hooked.

Superb

amazing story! I loved it! highly reccomended! wow, just wow! heartfelt and intriguing. excellent stunning

Lovely story with a happy ending

I liked the inclusion of issues such as family dysfunction, drug and physical abuse, depression, and how they were resolved through the eyes of a child and those who loved her
I wished there was more than one voice speaking for the,characters.

I enjoyed reading this book but not listening to it.

This story is a good read but discovered when I listened to it that it needed a good editing. As I listened I noticed the phrases, “he said and she said” seemed to dominate the dialogue. At one point I wanted to hand the author a Thesaurus. I would recommend it as a reading, if you are a reader who usually can bypass the unnecessary words. This author tells a good story and I liked the characters, I would read another by her.