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Published Mar 2017
304 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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From USA Today bestselling author Meg Donohue comes a mystery, a love story, and a mother-daughter tale about two women on a precarious journey to uncover their true selves.
Passionate and funny, radio personality Gail Gideon is a true original. Nine years ago when Gail's husband announced that he wanted a divorce, her ensuing on-air rant propelled her local radio show into the national spotlight. Now, "The Gail Gideon Show" is beloved by millions of single women who tune-in for her advice on the power of self-reinvention. But fame comes at a price. After all, what does a woman who has staked her career on being single do when she finds herself falling in love? And is the person who is harassing her in increasingly troubling ways a misguided fan or a true danger to Gail and her daughter, Nic?
Fourteen-year-old Nic has always felt that she pales in comparison to her vibrant, outgoing mother. Plagued by a fear of social situations, she is most comfortable at the stable where she spends her afternoons. But when a riding accident lands Nic in the hospital, she awakens from her coma changed. Suddenly, she has no fear at all and her disconcerting behavior lands her in one risky situation after another. And no one, least of all her mother, can guess what she will do next…
"While the narrative at times borders on the saccharine, ultimately, it makes for a genuinely warm, uplifting read." - Publishers Weekly
"A dramatic story about how we define and measure success and how the decisions we make affect those we love, culminating in redemption and hopeful new beginnings. With teen appeal because of the perspective of 14-year-old Nic." - Library Journal
"Donohue's latest is women's fiction at its finest, a masterfully unfeigned story about unconditional love and its healing power mixed with a thrilling mystery. Her animated dialogue sets the tone, and the human and equine costars add genuineness... [A] fast-paced, bestseller-bound page-turner." - RT Book Reviews (top pick)
"Every Wild Heart... [is] a heartfelt, funny, poignant and suspenseful story of a good woman trying her best, making mistakes, picking up the pieces and moving on - a celebration of what it means to be a working mother." - Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Family Tree
"Brava, Meg Donohue! Part love story, part mystery, I devoured this novel. Everything I love about women's fiction is tucked within these pages-strong and vivid characters, an intriguing plot, a beautiful love story with a dash of mystery…and bonus, horses!" - Lori Nelson Spielman, internationally bestselling author of The Life List
"Every Wild Heart captivated me from the very first page... Meg Donohue's latest demonstrates, yet again, her gift for revealing the many mysteries of the human heart." - Camille Pagán, bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences
"By turns sweet, funny, and tension-filled, Meg Donohue's wonderful new novel shows us the power of wild hearts - and the remarkable females who possess them." - Sarah Pekkanen, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect
"Every Wild Heart is Meg Donohue's finest novel to date - emotionally resonant, absorbing and funny in all the right places, it's a portrait of mothers and daughters, missteps and triumphs, and love in all of its bewildering and delightful disguises." - Meg Mitchell Moore, author of The Admissions
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Meg Donohue is the USA Today bestselling author of How to Eat a Cupcake, All the Summer Girls, and Dog Crazy. She has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and a BA in comparative literature from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives in San Francisco with her husband, three children, and dog.
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