CHILDREN OF THE WILD

From the bestselling and award winning author of The Yellow Birds comes a gorgeous haunting love story set in the Virginia mountains and on the battlefields of World War I France Children of the Wild is a wonderful poignant novel that deserves to be on as many shelves and reside in as many hearts as possible David Baldacci I inhaled this heart wrenching epic a breathtaking story of three young people coming together and coming of age Rachel Beanland A novel of extraordinary beauty and power Ben Fountain Ewer s Rock Virginia 1917 Roy Young is restless determined to leave this rural valley and make his mark on the twentieth century Samantha Hatton the minister s daughter knows the town expects her and Roy to marry but she hungers for more The arrival of Ennis Duke a mysterious wild boy tending to a lost herd of cattle up the mountain will change everything Within a year the lives of these three young people will be dramatically transformed In the crucible of conflict Roy and Ennis forge a fierce bond Meanwhile back in Virginia Samantha s love and courage endure unthinkable sacrifice in a corner of the world fractured by violence With the spare exquisite prose and the profound insight that made The Yellow Birds a landmark work of