The Forest of Vanishing Stars

Yona has used her knowledge of the wilderness to help hundreds of Jews escape the Nazis. But what happens when a secret from her past emerges and threatens everything?

After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies.

Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what's happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation.

But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything.

Praise for Kristin Harmel:

'A powerful story of survival and resilience. I couldn't put it down' - Heather Morris

'A cracking story and characters that zing from the page. Totally immersive' - Liz Trenow

'A cracking story and characters that zing from the page. Totally immersive' -- Liz Trenow

Kristin Harmel is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels including The Paris Daughter, The Forest of Vanishing Stars, The Book of Lost Names, The Winemaker's Wife, The Room on Rue Amelie, and The Sweetness of Forgetting. She is published in more than thirty languages and is the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series Friends & Fiction. She lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband and son.

Yona has used her knowledge of the wilderness to help hundreds of Jews escape the Nazis. But what happens when a secret from her past threatens everything? After being stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, a young woman finds herself alone in 1941 after her kidnapper dies. Her solitary existence is interrupted, however, when she happens upon a group of Jews fleeing the Nazi terror. Stunned to learn what's happening in the outside world, she vows to teach the group all she can about surviving in the forest - and in turn, they teach her some surprising lessons about opening her heart after years of isolation. But when she is betrayed and escapes into a German-occupied village, her past and present come together in a shocking collision that could change everything.

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