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The Vaster Wilds

By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Brought to you by Penguin.

From the three-time national book award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies and Matrix.

Part of a loose trilogy based on the end of empire, The Vaster Wilds is the story of a young girl who is servant to a minister and his young mistress, and in charge of their young daughter Bess. On an epic voyage across the Atlantic, ship-wrecked, far from home and fighting for survival, the protagonist of Lauren Groff's extraordinary new novel must endure but also find meaning in the journey.

©2023 Lauren Groff (P)2023 Penguin Audio Action & Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

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I could not stop reading. A haunting, thrilling, gripping and rich. An unputdownable adventure, a mystery and a strange beautiful redemption (Naomi Alderman)

Groff is a mastermind, a masterpiece creator, an intoxicating magician. I wait with impatience for every book and I am always surprised and delighted. The Vaster Wilds feels like her bravest yet, hallucinatory, divine, beyond belief but also entirely human (Daisy Johnson)

Lauren Groff is one of the finest novelists of our age. Her writing is searingly beautiful - delicate and powerful at the same time. The voice of the unnamed girl is haunting and the descriptions of the wild lands are deliciously poetic. The Vaster Wilds first grabs you tenderly and then refuses to let go. It's exquisite, heart-wrenching and utterly mesmerising (Andrea Wulf)

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Stunning, devastating

Felt like being pulled into a vortex of despair, survival and triumph, a literary psilocybin journey through the lens of one girl alone in the wilderness.

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A deeply moving work

Vaster Wilds is a celebration of life and the interdependence of all that is. It is a searing indictment of all forms of oppression. The writing is richly poetic and beautifully read.

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A Love Song to a Lost Wilderness

Into the wilds of an early colonial America flees a young servant girl. Thus begins a fabulous tale of courage and survival. Lauren Groff reinvents the adventure story. Beautiful, lyrical writing & excellent narration.

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