by Téa Obreht
First published 2016
In 1893 Arizona, Nora fights to keep her remote homestead afloat after her husband vanishes. When her young son disappears too, Nora braves the merciless desert, joined by a former outlaw, to uncover the truth and bring her loved ones home. Confronting the violence and unpredictability of the American West, Nora's harrowing journey tests the limits of her resolve as a mother and her ability to survive in a land that offers no mercy.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: missing-person, survival
Setting: Arizona
Period: 1893
386 pages · Kindle Edition · Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Content warnings: violence