Wonder Valley

Overview

When a teenager runs away from his father’s mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that connects a cast of six characters who narrate Wonder Valley. There’s Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to L.A. in search of his mother. There’s Owen and James, teenage twins who live in a desert commune where their father, a self-proclaimed healer, holds a powerful sway over his disciples. There’s Britt, who shows up at the commune harbouring a dark secret. There’s Tony, a bored and unhappy lawyer. And there’s Blake, a drifter hiding in the desert, doing his best to fight of his most violent instincts. Their lives will all intertwine and come crashing together in a shocking way, one that could only happen in this enchanting, dangerous city.• A critically acclaimed literary thriller, named as a book of the year by the Los Angeles Times, NPR and Refinery29 and Winner of the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel• PR campaign included coverage on the Guardian Books Podcast (over 1M subscribers worldwide), in addition to coverage in The American, ShotsMag, CrimeTime, Little Atoms, BookOxygen and Novel Kicks

Author Biography

Ivy Pochoda is the author of three critically acclaimed novels including Wonder Valley and Visitation Street and a former world-ranked squash player. Her second novel, Visitation Street, was the first book published under Dennis Lehane s eponymous imprint and was described as a stunner of a literary thriller by Entertainment Weekly.