Just After Midnight

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes an uplifting and poignant novel about friendship, trust, and facing your fears.

No longer tolerating her husband’s borderline abuse, Faith escapes to her parents’ California beach house to plan her next move. She never dreamed her new chapter would involve befriending Sarah, a fourteen-year-old on the run from her father and reeling from her mother’s sudden and suspicious death.

While Sarah’s grandmother scrambles to get custody, Faith is charged with spiriting the girl away on a journey that will restore her hope: Sarah implores Faith to take her to Falkner’s Midnight Sun, the prized black mare that her father sold out from under her. Sarah shares an unbreakable bond with Midnight and can’t bear to be apart from her. Throughout the sweltering summer, as they follow Midnight from show to show, Sarah comes to terms with what she witnessed on the terrible night her mother died.

But the journey is far from over. Faith must learn the value of trusting her instincts—and realize that the key to her future, and Sarah’s, is in her hands.

De la autorul bestseller-ului New York Times al cartii Pay It Forward vine un roman inaltator si plin de viata despre prietenie, incredere si care se confrunta cu temerile dvs. Faith nu mai tolereaza abuzul la limita al sotului ei, evadand in casa plajei din California a parintilor ei pentru a-si planifica urmatoarea mutare. Nu a visat niciodata ca noul sau capitol ar implica prietenia cu Sarah, o tanara de paisprezece ani, fugita de tatal ei si care se indeparta de moartea brusca si suspecta a mamei sale. In timp ce bunica lui Sarah se grabeste sa primeasca custodia, Faith este acuzata ca a indepartat-o pe fata. o calatorie care ii va reda speranta: Sarah ii implora pe Faith sa o duca la Falkner's Midnight Sun, pretioasa iapa neagra pe care tatal ei a vandut-o sub ea.