Far From Here

This book looks at marriage: how we make mistakes that can haunt us later, how people change, and how long people will wait before moving on. Etsell and Danica met in their teens, married when Dani was 19 and seemingly the happiest couple around. There have been several ups and downs, like when Dani......more

Publishers Weekly (starred review): This gorgeously composed novel is a candid and uncompromising meditation on the marriage of a young pilot and his flight-fearing wife, their personal failings, and finding the grace to move beyond unthinkable tragedy. Baart (Beneath the Night Tree) catalogs ample......more

Danica Greene always hated flying, so it was almost laughable that the boy of her dreams was a pilot. She married him anyway, and together, she and Etsell settled into a life where love really did seem to conquer all. When opportunity to spend three weeks in Alaska helping a pilot friend presents its......more