Today is the day!! THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS, from my good friend and Friends & Fiction co-host, Kristin Harmel is on shelves now! THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS is the 13th novel from this New York Times bestselling novelist, whose 2020 novel, THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES, was a Goodreads Choice Finalist, a Costco Buyer’s Pick, and a #1 international bestseller. (THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES just made its way back onto the New York Times bestseller list a few weeks ago, too, when it was released in paperback).
More about THE FOREST
Kristin’s latest, THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS (which received a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly) is an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the woods to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis—until a secret from her past threatens everything.
After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, Yona finds herself alone in 1942 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what’s happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest—and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything. Inspired by incredible true stories of survival against staggering odds, and suffused with the journey-from-the-wilderness elements that made Where the Crawdads Sing a worldwide phenomenon, THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS is a heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author whose writing has been hailed as “sweeping and magnificent” (Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author), “immersive and evocative” (Publishers Weekly), and “gripping” (Tampa Bay Times).
Says New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray: “What a triumph! Not since Alice Hoffman’s The Dovekeepers have I read such a spellbinding and immersive tale of a people’s will to survive.”
Learn more and find buy links here.
Hang Out with Kristin (And Me!) On Tour!
Join Kristin and me with librarian and F&F podcast host Ron Block on Friday, July 9 at 6 pm ET. We’ll be live on Facebook! Catch Kristin on her book tour (a combo of virtual and live events) here.
Friends & Fiction is Launching THE FOREST with a LIVE Musical!
And, of course, join us on Wednesday, July 7 at 7pm ET on Friends & Fiction to celebrate the launch with music and cocktails via Facebook Live here. YOU GUYS, we are performing THE FOREST OF VANISHING STARS Musical–with a Broadway star, a Grammy-nominated musician and more. It is so poignant and heartfelt and brings this important story to life with aplomb.
