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Big Woods
2018
First Published
3.82
Average Rating
299
Number of Pages

It's 1989 in the sleepy town of Longview, Texas, when ten-year-old Lucy disappears. Her parents, the police, and the community all brace for the worst, assuming her body will soon be found in Big Woods. Just like the other unsolved kidnappings. But then Lucy’s fourteen-year-old sister, Leah, starts having dreams about Lucy—dreams that reveal startling clues as to what happened. Leah begins her own investigation, and soon she meets a reclusive widow who may hold the key to finding Lucy . . . if only she can find the courage to come forward. Delving into the paranoia surrounding satanic cults in the 1980s, Big Woods is an emotionally wrought, propulsive thriller about the enormity of grief, the magical bond between sisters, and a small town's dark secrets.

Avg Rating
3.82
Number of Ratings
934
5 STARS
27%
4 STARS
39%
3 STARS
26%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
1%
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Author

May Cobb
May Cobb
Author · 5 books
May Cobb earned her MA in literature from San Francisco State University, and her essays and interviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Texas Highways, and Austin Monthly. Her previous novels are My Summer Darlings, The Hunting Wives and Big Woods. A Texas native, she lives in Austin with her family.
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