Far from Here: A Novel

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From the author of Little Broken Thingsa suspenseful, breathtaking novel about true love, starting over, and finding the truthat all costs.

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. Its his dream, he reveals, and Danica knows that she cant 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 husbands mysterious disappearance. But when she learns that Ell wasnt 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.

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Nicole Baart is a writer of immense strength. Her lush, beautiful prose, her finely drawn characters, and especially her quirky women, all made Far From Here a book I couldnt put down. -- Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author of Prayers for Sale and The Brides House
Far From Here was a rare journey to a place that left me healed and renewed by the end of this beautiful, moving novel. A tribute to love in all its formsbetween a man and a wife, between sisters, and among mothers and daughtersmy heart ached while I read Far From Here, but it ached more when I was done and there were no more pages to turn. -- Nicolle Wallace, New York Times bestselling author of Eighteen Acres
Nicole Baart is a huge talent who has both a big voice and something meaningful to say with it. Far From Here is a gorgeous book about resilient people living in a broken world, finding ways to restore hope and even beauty in the pieces. -- Joshilyn Jackson, author of Gods in Alabama and A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
"Far From Here, Nicole Baart's tale of the certainties of absolute fear and the uncertainty of love whirls the reader up and never lets go. -- Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author, The Deep End of the Ocean, and Second Nature: A Love Story
This gorgeously composed novel is a candid and uncompromising meditation on the marriage of a young pilot and his flight-fearing wife, their personal failings, and finding the grace to move beyond unthinkable tragedy. . . . Pulsing with passion and saturated with lush language, Baart's [Far From Here] will leave an indelible mark. Publishers Weekly, starred reveiw

Author Bio

Nicole Baart is the author of eleven novels, includingEverything We Didnt SayandThe Long Way Back. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family.Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.