Diane Thomas is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Year the Music Changed. A lifelong resident of Atlanta and the Georgia mountains and part-time resident of the Florida panhandle, she now lives in New Mexico.
“A harrowing exploration of desire and obsession, In Wilderness
sends two people into a physical and psychological wilderness that
becomes stranger and more terrifying the deeper they go.”—Christina
Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan
Train
“Not my usual thing, which makes me say it all the louder: I love,
love, love this book—the fearless and unflinching story of two
extraordinary, vivid people alone in a vast pristine wilderness,
told with genuine suspense and a wonderfully empowering
ending. In Wilderness is altogether spectacular.”—Lee Child,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Personal
“[Diane] Thomas writes hauntingly of obsession and survival in this
dark, unusual love story. . . . As the author moves her characters
through the seasons of 1966, 1967, and 1968, she offers a deep and
unforgettable look into how tragedy and madness can shape lives.
Written from the points of view of two suffering people, the story
takes on an almost surreal, lyrical quality. Riveting and
raw.”—Publishers Weekly
“Haunting . . . This is both a heartbreaking and hopeful tale that
stays with readers long after the last page is read.”—RT Book
Reviews
“Explosive . . . The tension continues to grow. . . . [Katherine
and Danny’s] passionate relationship reveals the human longing for
connection. . . . Thomas writes with richness, describing the
natural world as viscerally as she does the interior lives of these
two intense characters. . . . Recommended for readers who also like
the raw, honest writing of Amy Bloom or Amanda Coplin.”—Library
Journal
“Gripping . . . powered by genuine suspense and driven forward by
two characters whose lives readers cannot look away from . . . a
memorable story of an isolated, beautiful place and of two people
trying to make sense of the world they have chosen to live
in.”—Booklist
“Unforgettable: a mad, haunting, dreamlike story of love,
obsession, and wildness . . . Diane Thomas mixes elegant prose with
raw emotion.”—William Landay, New York Times bestselling author of
Defending Jacob
“In Wilderness is an often harrowing story of a love affair between
two damaged people, but it is also a paean to the healing powers of
nature. Diane Thomas has written an extraordinary novel filled with
both darkness and light.”—Ron Rash, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist and
New York Times bestselling author of Serena and The Cove
“Diane Thomas writes like a woman in a fever dream, clashing two
wasted, achingly lonely souls together to create sparks that become
an all-consuming wildfire. The desolate inner landscapes of Danny
and Katherine stand in stark opposition to the beauty of the
natural world Thomas so expertly evokes, and I found myself riveted
as they stumbled in their broken way toward connection and their
own humanity. Heartbreaking, bold, relentless, In Wilderness is the
work of a true original.”—Joshilyn Jackson, New York Times
bestselling author of Someone Else’s Love Story
“The story—the writing—stands out as some of the most original and
dynamic work I’ve ever read. In Wilderness is an intensely powerful
cat-and-mouse love story as gorgeous and brutal as its Appalachian
mountain setting. I devoured every word.”—Carla Buckley, author of
The Deepest Secret
“Utterly compelling . . . Thomas brings a Zen-like sensibility to
her descriptions of the natural world and to the simple everyday
matters of living. The two main characters are delineated with a
similar keen precision, and the dark obsession ignited by their
inevitable collision builds relentlessly to a breathtaking
climax.”—Vicki Lane, author of Under the Skin
“Hypnotic . . . One reads and watches the two principal characters
moving toward a climax that is impossible to resist—for the
characters themselves, or for the reader. This is a story about
many things: fate, nature, illness, and the power of healing. The
best novels put us under a particular spell. This is a fine novel
and the spell is a deep one.”—Joseph Monninger, author of Eternal
on the Water
“Incantatory, dreamlike, simultaneously harsh and beautiful, In
Wilderness is a striking portrait of both physical and
psychological healing. In part a return to the garden of Eden, and
in part an exploration of our darkest fears, this astonishing novel
radiates power from beginning to end.”—Frank Huyler, author of The
Laws of Invisible Things and Right of Thirst
“Diane Thomas’s In Wilderness is a mesmerizing literary ballet, a
dazzling dance of language revealing a story of fear and fragility,
madness and passion, and hauntingly performed by two of the most
memorable characters to appear in recent American literature. This
is a great, great read.”—Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the
White Dog and The Book of Marie
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