The Mountain Story - Softcover

Lansens, Lori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476786607 ISBN 13: 9781476786605

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2016

Synopsis

"Lori Lansens has created a heart-pounder of a book that is every bit as much of an emotional roller-coaster as an adventurous one" (New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult).

In New York Times bestselling author Lori Lansens' "moving portrait of the human spirit--as fierce, lovely, and indomitable as nature itself" (People, "Book of the Week"), Nola has decided to hike up a mountain to commemorate her wedding anniversary, the first since her beloved husband passed. Blonde, rail-thin Bridget is training for a triathalon. Vonn is working out her teenage rebellion at eight thousand feet, driven by family obligation and the urge to escape her mistakes. Still reeling from the tragic accident that robbed him of his best friend, Wolf Truly is the only experienced hiker in this group of four strangers but has come to the cliffs on his eighteenth birthday to end his life.

When a series of missteps strands them together in the wilderness, these four broken souls soon realize that their only defense against the brutality of nature is one another. As one day without rescue spirals dramatically into the next, and misadventure turns to nightmare, they begin to form an inextricable bond, pushing themselves and one another further than they ever could have dreamed possible. The three who make it home alive will be forever changed by their harrowing days on the mountain.

Braving a landscape both unforgivingly harsh and breathtakingly beautiful, Nola, Bridget, Vonn, and Wolf find themselves faced with an impossible question: How much will they sacrifice for a stranger? The Mountain Story is a fast-paced, suspenseful, and a gorgeous tribute to the resilience of the human spirit. "Your heart will be in your throat," says Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.

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Review:

"An adventure that pits spectacular danger in the present against the ever-present danger of the past."--Marina Endicott, author of Good to a Fault

"A riveting novel of heartbreak, heroism, and redemption. . .[with] equal measures of high drama and humanity that will keep readers spellbound until the last word."--Carol Shaben, author of Into the Abyss

"The Mountain Story isa gritty, nail-biting tale of survival and self-revelation. Lori Lansens' lushand potent landscape is painted as vividly as her characters, whose afternoonnature walk becomes a terrifying trek to the very precipice of mortality.Pitted against the impartial elements and their own inner demons, four soulsdiscover that shared humanity is their only dependable lifeline."--Carol Cassella, bestselling author of Gemini

"A captivating tale of courage, love, and sacrifice, The Mountain Story is transporting. A young man and three women accidentally take a hero's journey that inspires the better angels in all of us."--Amy Scheibe, author of A Fireproof Home for the Bride

"The Mountain Story is an expertly crafted novel about how ordinary lives can be changed by an extraordinary mountain. If climbing speaks to how we can find truth and beauty in hardship, Lansens shows that it is also a way to see inside our souls. This is a survival story with a strong, beating heart. I loved this novel."--Claire Cameron "Bestselling author of THE BEAR "

"Four hikers get lost on a mountain, struggling desperately to stay alive, and it's all as chilling and gorgeous and full of suspense as a cracking line of ice on a frozen lake. A breathtaking look at how the past footholds the future and how even the bleakest terror can find its way to unfathomable beauty."

--Caroline Leavitt, New York Times Bestselling Author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You

About the Author:

Lori Lansens is the author of Rush Home Road, which was translated into eight languages and published in eleven countries, and The Girls, which was sold in thirteen territories and featured as a book club pick by Richard & Judy in the UK. She was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario, and now makes her home in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1476786607
• ISBN 13: 9781476786605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336