The release date for the English version of 'The Forest of Vanishing Stars' by
Kristin Harmel is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
With an evocative coming-of-age World War II narrative about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the forest to assist Jewish refugees escape the Nazis, the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names returns. That is, until a secret from her past threatens everything.
A young lady finds herself alone in 1941 after her abductor dies, having been taken from her affluent German parents and nurtured in the harsh wilderness of eastern Europe. But then she comes onto a group of Jews who are escaping the horrors of Nazi Germany, interrupting her lonely life. She promises to teach the group all she knows about living in the jungle since she is shocked to see what's going on in the outside world. In exchange, they teach her some unexpected lessons about opening her heart after years of seclusion. But when she is deceived and manages to flee into a town under German occupation, her history and present collide dramatically and have the potential to drastically alter everything.
The Forest of Vanishing Stars is a gripping and heartbreaking story that is inspired by amazing genuine stories of survival against overwhelming circumstances and infused with the journey-from-the-wilderness aspects that made Where the Crawdads Sing a global hit.