Nicole Baart is the author of several novels, including Where He Left Me and Everything We Didn’t Say. The cofounder of a nonprofit and mother of five, she lives in Iowa with her family. Learn more at NicoleBaart.com.
"You won’t be able to predict the journey Baart is taking you on
when you start the novel, and she will keep you guessing where she
is headed until the very end.”
—Glamour
“The Long Way Back is a beautifully written, atmospheric,
page-turner, that brilliantly explores the complexities of the
mother-daughter bone, finding it as fraught as it is profound.”
—Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good
Marriage and Friends Like These
"For any parent, the most frightening nightmare is the
disappearance of their child. In Nicole Baart’s extraordinary novel
The Long Way Back, not only is a mother tortured by this terrible
circumstance, but she also becomes a primary suspect. Baart writes
with a poet’s eye for language and a storyteller’s gift for
suspense. Readers already won over by Nicole Baart’s fine body of
work will discover another sparkling gem, and new readers couldn’t
find a better place to begin."
—William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author of This
Tender Land
“Riveting and timely, The Long Way Back is not just an
unforgettable mother-daughter thriller, it’s a deeply felt love
story about the natural world. In beautiful prose, Nicole Baart has
penned a novel that will stick with me for a very long time.”
—Jo Piazza, bestselling author of We Are Not Like Them
“In Nicole Baart’s gripping new thriller The Long Way
Back, a mother creates a perfect Instagram life for herself
and her teenage daughter, traveling the country while chronicling
their adventures for legions of fans. But despite doing everything
right, never posting her daughter’s face and never identifying
their location until they’ve moved on, things go horribly wrong.
Timely and provocative, Baart’s marvelously relatable characters
and gifted storytelling take the reader on a wild and unexpected
ride. I loved this book!”
—Karen Dionne, #1 internationally bestselling author of The
Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister
"Nicole Baart is the queen of the family thriller! This
tender, propulsive story reveals a heart-twisting understanding of
human nature and the risks we take to get what we want. Timely and
thought-provoking, this “turn the pages as fast as you can"
cautionary tale about the danger of the spotlight and the steep
price of privacy will surprise you and haunt you, even after the
gasp-worthy conclusion. Baart crafts her mother-daughter
suspense not only with soul and passion and stomach-churning
tension—but also a deep and important wisdom. Book clubs
rejoice--this is the novel for you!”
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author
"In The Long Way Back, Baart achieves the nearly impossible
feat—writing that is tense and propulsive as well as poetically
rendered. A beautiful story about the fraught relationships between
parents and their children, the tension between growing up and
learning the difficult truths about the dangers of
independence, The Long Way Back will have you turning
pages late into the night and holding your breath until the final,
emotional scenes. I absolutely loved it."
—Danielle Girard, USA Today bestselling author
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