Name: Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
Item: Where the Forest Meets the Stars
Author: Trenzle Review

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There is something about children’s boundless energy and tenacity that can inspire the best in adults and thaw previously icy hearts. In Where the Forest Meets the Stars, Vanderah explores this endless spring while highlighting the goodness that can be discovered even in the worst circumstances.

In the first few chapters of this book, I had my doubts. Jo, the female lead, is a challenging character to relate to because of her hardened emotional barriers and jagged exterior. Why do men frequently label shrewd women as devious?

However, it was difficult to resist being convinced by little Ursa the alien’s strong convictions and love of education. The plot web gained another important element of intrigue from the gradual disclosure of Gabriel Nash’s problematic family background, and, dare I say it, black humour as well. We’re using a holey net to capture fish in the creek. Naturally, it can take some time. Join us if you like to be frustrated.

Where the Forest Meets the Stars is undoubtedly a slow-burning book, but I eventually became engrossed in it. Despite the plot’s charming romance aspects, I found the tragic storyline centred on Ursa’s plight to be much more compelling and rewarding. Words usually fall short when you want to say the correct thing the most.

Challenging Topics

I was hesitant about the love relationship in this book because of a concern I had about how trauma healing and depression treatment are handled. I believed that certain characters’ assumption jumps revealed a lack of complexity and refinement in characterization. Your perspective on depression, like that of the majority of those who have never dealt with it, is mistakenly optimistic.

However, I do like Vanderah’s support of bravery and tenacity as well as her ambition in investigating challenging issues and posing crucial questions like these. Exposure encourages conversation, and only through conversation can understanding expand. In conclusion, Glendy Vanderah’s debut novel Where the Forest Meets the Stars offers a unique perspective on difficult and perhaps upsetting subject matter. A novel that is sure to spark book club debate.

About The Book

Joanna Teale returns to her graduate studies on nesting birds in rural Illinois after losing her mother and overcoming breast cancer, determined to show that her recent adversity has not broken her. Her isolated routine is interrupted when a mystery child who arrives at her hut barefoot and covered in bruises causes her to stop working from dusk till dawn.

The young woman, who goes by the name Ursa, says she was sent by the stars to see five miracles. Jo hesitantly decides to let Ursa stay—just until she learns more about Ursa’s past—out of worry for the child’s home circumstances.

Jo asks her reclusive neighbour Gabriel Nash for assistance in unravelling the mystery behind the endearing toddler. But as they spend more time together, they start to wonder more. How can a young girl read and comprehend Shakespeare? Why does nice stuff keep happening while she’s around? And why don’t Jo and Gabe any longer visit the webpage for the missing kids?

Even though the three have a remarkable bond, they are aware that tough decisions must be made. As the summer draws to a close and Ursa approaches her fifth miracle, her perilous past draws closer. All of their traumatic secrets will be forced into the open when it eventually catches up to them, and their futures will be left to the stars.

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