Deep in the Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National
Forest - nearly one million acres of impenetrable darkness
and impossible beauty. Even in this modern age, much of it
remains undiscovered and uncharted. From the heart of this
old forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and
alone, she can give no clue as to her identity, no hint of
her past...
Until recently, Dr. Julia Cates was one of the preeminent
child psychiatrists in the country, but a scandal shattered
her confidence, ruined her career, and made her a media
target. When she gets a desperate call from her estranged
sister, Ellie, a police chief in their small western
Washington hometown, she jumps at the chance to escape.
In Rain Valley, nothing much ever happens-until a girl
emerges from the deep woods and walks into town. She is a
victim unlike any Julia has ever seen: a child locked in a
world of unimaginable fear and isolation.
When word spreads of the "wild child" and the infamous
doctor who is treating her, the media descend on Julia and
once again her competence is challenged. State and federal
authorities want to lock the girl away in an institution
until an identification can be made.
But to Julia, who has come to doubt her own ability, nothing
is more important than saving the girl she now calls Alice.
To heal this child, Julia will have to understand that she
cannot work alone and must look to others-the people in the
town she left long ago, the sister she barely knows, and Dr.
Max Cerrasin, a handsome, private man with secrets of his
own. Then a shocking revelation forces Julia to risk
everything
to discover the truth about Alice. The ordeal that follows
will test the limits of Julia's faith, forgiveness, and
love, as she struggles to ascertain where Alice ultimately
belongs.
I hated that this book had to end. I listened to it on CD and laughed and cried....mainly cried at the beautiful happiness of some of it. I suggest that you listen to this one rather than read it. When you read it, you "hear" it in your own voice, and the voices of this book make it the wonderful read that it is. I have not read anything by Kristin Hannah before, but I am going to my library site right now and see what else is available. She is magnificent. (Linda Linares 9:16pm July 7, 2012)
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