Where the Road Bends

by David Rawlings Narrated by Simon Bubb

Overview

How did I get here?*

He ripped back the zip, his heart pounding as red dust trickled in and landed on his face. He stood, brushing the dust from his eyes, a sense of vertigo launching itself up his spine. One step from the swag and his eyes snapped open. He started to lean into a void. Over a cliff.*

Fifteen years after college graduation, four friends reconnect to keep a long-ago promise and go on a trip of a lifetime in the Australian Outback.*

Eliza needs to disconnect from her high-powered fashion job to consider the CEO position she's just been offered. Lincoln hopes to rekindle a past relationship and escape from another one. Bree looks forward to a fun getaway from home and her deeply buried disappointments. Andy wants to disappear from the mess he's made of his life-possibly forever.*

Dropped at a campsite in the middle of nowhere, the friends quickly discover they aren't the same people they once were, and they begin to confront hard truths about one another-and themselves. Then a bizarre storm sweeps across their camp, scattering them across the desert. Wondering if they are part of some strange escape game, each of the friends meets a guide to help them find exactly what they need: purpose, healing, courage, and redemption.*

But they've already traveled far down the road of life and course-correcting to become the people they were meant to be won't be easy.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

06/01/2020

Four college friends gather for a 15-year reunion they promised one another on graduation day. None of them is living the lives they thought they would be, and all have misgivings about reconnecting with their former besties. Lincoln, a highly successful stockbroker, books an Outback tour of Australia, hoping to impress top fashion designer Eliza, who wants to discover herself on the isolated tour. Bree is packing a few extra pounds and is nervous to leave her young children, but Andy is anxious for a very different reason and keeps looking over his shoulder, even on the remote bush trails. Soon, enjoying the breathtaking beauty of Australia becomes a fight for survival as the group gets separated and each friend must find their way back to camp—both literally and figuratively. VERDICT Rawlings (The Baggage Handler) uses magical realism to take his characters on a journey into the twisted wilderness of their own pasts. Fans of Mitch Albom, Richard Paul Evans, and Angela Hunt will enjoy this morality tale of four people whose steps have wandered but who may still be able to find their way.—Christine Barth, Scott Cty. Lib. Syst., IA

Product Details

BN ID:	2940177079479
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	06/02/2020
Edition description:	Unabridged

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