Cadie Kessler is a forestry researcher on the verge of an important discovery that could prevent costly damage to the very wilderness that is her safe haven. But when she gets an urgent message from her long-estranged best friend, Daniela Garcia, they must face a dark secret that ended both their idyllic childhood bond and the magical summer they shared over 25 years ago. Cadie must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the people and the forest she loves, as drought, foreclosures, and wildfire spark tensions between displaced migrant farm workers and locals.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

As a Boston-based journalist, JULIE CARRICK DALTON has published more than a thousand articles in The Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BusinessWeek, The Hollywood Reporter, and other publications. She contributes to The Chicago Review of Books, DeadDarlings, The Writer Unboxed, and GrubStreet’s writer’s blogs. A Tin House alum, Dalton was a finalist in the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Program and she holds a Master’s in Literature and Creative Writing from Harvard Extension School. She is a frequent speaker on the topic of writing fiction in the age of climate crisis.



Dalton grew up in Maryland and on a military base in Germany. As an adult, she bounced around from Seattle to Dallas to Virginia, before finding her true home in Boston, where she has lived for more than twenty years. Mom to four kids and two dogs, she also owns and operates a 100-acre organic farm in rural New Hampshire, the backdrop for Waiting for the Night Song, her debut. Her second novel, THE LAST BEEKEEPER, will be released in 2022. Learn more at https://juliecarrickdalton.com.