Maggie St. James was a writer of dark children’s books. One day, she went on a hike in the woods and disappeared completely. No one was ever sure whether she started anew somewhere else or met a tragic end.
Five years later, Maggie’s parents hire Travis Wren to try and find her. Travis has a special gift: by touching an object that belonged to a missing person he can often see what happened to them. He tracks Maggie to Pastoral, a cult-like, isolated community in the Oregon forest. And then Travis disappears.
Years later, Theo, a member of Pastoral, finds Travis’ truck beyond the borders of the community. No one is allowed outside the community, for fear they might bring disease back to the other members. But Theo can’t stop thinking about the truck or the things he finds inside, items that mention someone named Maggie.
As the community faces growing challenges, Theo, his wife Calla, and her sister Bee are haunted by memories they can’t explain, memories of a man and a woman who might have come to Pastoral. But what happened to them?
"There is no history in a place until we make it, until you live a life worth remembering."
A History of Wild Places was fascinating and eerie, as mysteries are unraveled and long-hidden secrets are revealed. I stayed up so late to finish the book because I couldn’t put it down, as I needed to know what happened.
I was so mesmerized by the lyrical style of Shea Ernshaw’s writing. I’ll definitely be picking up some of her YA books!!
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