Days of Wonder: A Novel

ISBN: 164375128X

Author: Leavitt, Caroline

Condition: New

New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story about mothers and daughters, guilt and innocence, and the lengths we go for love.As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love-yearning, breathless love-that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her life was unexpectedly upended when she was accused of trying to murder Judes father, an imperious superior court judge, and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. When she learns shes pregnant shortly after sentencing, she reluctantly decides to give up the child.Ella is released after serving only six years. While she is desperate to turn the page on a new life, she cant seem to let go of her past. With only an address as a possible lead, she moves to Ann Arbor, Michigan, determined to get her daughter back. Forced to hide her identity and complicated past and live in a constant state of deception, she finds that what shes been searching for all along is a way to uncover and live with the truth. Yet a central mystery endures: neither Jude nor Ella can remember the events leading up to the attempted murder-that fateful night which led to Ellas conviction.For fans of Miranda Cowley Hellers The Paper Palace and Allegra Goodmans Sam, Caroline Leavitts Days of Wonder is a gripping high-drama page-turner about the elusive nature of redemption and the profound reach of love.