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  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780425283790
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $49.99

Breaking Wild




Now in trade paperback--the national bestselling literary debut about one woman missing in the Colorado wilderness and another obsessed with finding her.

When one woman goes missing in the Colorado wilderness, another becomes bent on discovering her whereabouts in this unforgettably moving, bestselling literary debut.
 
Driven to spend days alone in the wilderness, Amy Raye Latour, mother of two, is compelled by the quiet and the rush of nature. But this time, her venture into a remote area leaves her on the verge of the precarious edge that she’s flirted with her entire life.
 
When Amy Raye doesn’t return to camp, ranger Pru Hathaway and her dog respond to the missing person call. After an unexpected snowfall and few leads, the operation turns into a search and recovery.
 
As the novel follows Amy Raye and Pru in alternating threads, Breaking Wild assumes the white-knuckled pace of a thriller, laying bare Amy Raye’s ultimate reckoning with the secrets of her life and Pru’s dogged pursuit of the woman who, against all odds, she believes she can find.

  • Published: 15 February 2017
  • ISBN: 9780425283790
  • Imprint: Berkley
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $49.99

About the author

Diane Les Becquets

Diane Les Becquets is a faculty member and former director of the MFA Program in Fiction and Non-Fiction at Southern New Hampshire University. In addition to teaching creative writing, she has worked as a medical journalist; an archaeology assistant; a marketing consultant; a sand and gravel dispatcher; a copywriter; and a lifeguard, and is also an avid outdoorswoman. A native of Nashville, she spent almost fourteen years living in a small Colorado ranching town before moving to New Hampshire.

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Praise for Breaking Wild

Praise for Breaking Wild

"Quite literally, mesmerizing."--Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog

"A visceral book building suspense from sensory details."--The Wall Street Journal

"[A] gripping thriller."--The Boston Globe

"Transcendent."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[A] powerful story of survival."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A crisp, immersive novel."--Entertainment Weekly