Womrath Book Group --- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

Join us at Womrath Bookshop for our book group discussion of Gof of the Woods by Liz Moore. Let's dive into this captivating book together and share our thoughts. The event will be held in person at our location at 76 Pondfield Road in Bronxville, NY. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow book lovers!

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two world collide.

Early morning, Aughust 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn't just any thirteen-year-old; she's the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region's residents. And this isn't the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara's older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.

As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered mysteries od the Van Laar family and the blue-collar communityliving and working in its shadow, Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets.

Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novelk yet, The God of the Woods is a story of inheritance and second chances, the tensiond between a family and a community, and a history that will not let any of them go.

Moore is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River, which was a Good Morning America Book Club pick and one of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2020, as well as the acclaimed novels Heft and The Unseen World. A winner of the Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia.

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