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The Wild Road Home

A Novel

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The Wild Road Home

By: Melissa Payne
Narrated by: Landon Woodson, Lisa Cordileone
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A beautiful and enriching novel about unforgettable love and the power of friends and family by Melissa Payne, the bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings and A Light in the Forest.

Mack Anders will do anything for his wife, Daisy. Even die. With the woman he loves fading away from Alzheimer’s, Mack fakes his own passing. The insurance makes certain that Daisy will be taken care of with dignity and comfort until the end. In a lonesome cabin in the Wyoming wilderness, he lives off the grid with nothing but thoughts of the past to keep him company and the belief that Daisy is better off without him.

Strong-willed eighteen-year-old Brandi has just been released from juvie. Willing to risk everything to save her young brother, Sy, from their unstable mother, Brandi takes him on the run. Her destination is their aunt’s house in Casper. Maybe there she can finally find a stable home for Sy. After a busted tire strands them in the remote wildlands of Wyoming, they cross paths with Mack. Brandi quickly realizes this quiet stranger might be their only hope of reaching safety.

On an unpredictable road ahead, escape brings these three kindred souls together. But the real world is closing in, and to help Brandi and Sy, Mack will have to come back to life in ways he never imagined.

©2024 Melissa Payne (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Family Life Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Wyoming

Critic Reviews

“Fans of Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars, Catherine Ryan Hyde’s Just a Regular Boy, and Lee Smith’s Silver Alert will find lots to like in Payne’s tender and heartwarming novel about unexpected connections in surprising places.” Booklist

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Very moving and touching. Real life for some people but they may not have a “Mac” to be there for them some unexpected turns but loved the story

Brilliant and moving

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This book really struck a chord with me. The writing was warm and engaging. The characters are interesting and complex. The story moves at a good pace that keeps one engaged, and it is very moving. While it tackles very sad issues and themes, it was still hopeful. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Super heartfelt

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