Night Road

By (author) Hannah Kristin
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Why do we always hurt those we love the most?
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From the number one bestselling author of The Women, in Kristin Hannah’s Night Road, the consequence of one terrible night changes a group of young people’s lives forever.

Lexi and Mia are inseparable from the moment they start high school. Though different in so many ways – Lexi is an orphan and lives with her aunt on a trailer park, while Mia is a golden girl blessed with a loving family and a beautiful home – they nonetheless recognize something in each other, and Mia comes to rely heavily on Lexi’s steadfast friendship.

The summer they graduate is a time they’ll never forget; a summer of love, best friends and shared confidences. But then one night changes them forever. As hearts are broken, loyalties challenged and hopes dashed, the time has come to leave childhood behind and learn to face a new future . . .

Praise for Kristin Hannah:

‘A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness’ Sunday Express

‘A moving coming-of-age story’ Heat

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Movingly written and plotted with the heartless skill of a Greek tragedy, you’ll keep turning the pages until the last racking sob
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Hannah masterfully details the unraveling of a family
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Hannah is superb at delving into the characters’ psyches and delineating nuances of feeling
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A moving coming-of-age story
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Unforgettable
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A gripping, emotional read
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Night Road is one special book that can transform the lives of readers by influencing how they think about certain important life issues. The reader becomes a first-hand witness to the pitfalls of parenthood, mortality, heartbreak, guilt, life choices, grief, forgiveness and much more. In short, the entire range of human emotions are explored in this . . . hopeful book about the triumphant power of the human spirit in the process of forgiveness
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A rich, multi-layered reading experience, and an easy recommendation for book clubs
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A story of sibling love, friendship and loss. I cried a lot
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Night Road is like a guilty pleasure. It’s a more grown-up, present-day version of The O.C. and is about a group of young people, who’ve something terrible happening in their lives. The book is basically about the consequence of this one terrible night and how it changes their lives forever
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One night can alter a lifetime and twins Mia and Zach and their friend Lexi discover how hearts can be broken, loyalties challenged and hopes dashed in the blink of an eye
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A gripping tale of family, love, grief and forgiveness from New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah
Biographical note:
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning international number one bestselling author with over 25 million copies of her books sold worldwide. Her most recent titles, The Four Winds, The Great Alone and The Nightingale won numerous best fiction awards and her earlier novel, Firefly Lane, is currently a blockbuster series on Netflix. The Nightingale is soon to be a major movie and is described by many as one of the most loved books of our generation. Kristin''s writing has taken readers across multiple eras and to many places, but the thing that connects all of her work is the focus on what it''s like being a woman in challenging times. Kristin is a lawyer-turned-writer and is the mother of one son. She and her husband live in the Pacific Northwest near Seattle.
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