Waiting for the Night Song — Julie Carrick Dalton

A childhood bond ruptured by a dark secret. A startling debut novel about friendship, betrayal, and the high price of secrets in the evocative New Hampshire wilderness.

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"Smart and searingly passionate...an illuminating snapshot of nature, betrayal, and sacrifices set in the evocative New Hampshire wilderness."--Kim Michele Richardson, bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

In Julie Carrick Dalton's moving and brilliant debut novel, Waiting for the Night Song, forestry researcher Cadie Kessler is forced to confront a dark secret from her idyllic childhood when an urgent message from her long-estranged best friend Daniela Garcia brings her back to her hometown. As drought, foreclosures, and wildfire spark tensions between locals and displaced migrant farm workers, Cadie must decide what she's willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the forest she loves.

Waiting for the Night Song is a love song to the natural beauty around us, a call to fight for what we believe in, and a reminder that the truth will always rise. This coming-of-age story explores the unbreakable bonds of childhood friendship, the far-reaching consequences of secrets, and the power of nature in a changing world.

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