There’s no place like…A new novel from Virginia Kantra!

On sale everywhere December 5.

A woman learns to follow her own road in this heartwarming contemporary novel inspired by The Wizard of Oz from New York Times bestselling author Virginia Kantra.

After public heartbreak and humiliation, a graduate student from Kansas runs away to Trinity College Dublin where, with the help of three friends and a “witch,” she discovers the power that was inside her all along.

“Virginia Kantra excels at bringing fresh life to American classic heroines. Fans of Dorothy and her journey will adore the new Dee!”
KJ DELL’ANTONIA, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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When I was seven years old, I discovered my grandmother’s copy of Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

A kindly librarian guided me to and through the rest of the original series (fourteen books! an entire shelf!), starting with the first book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

I was hooked.

Like Dorothy (“Dee”) Gale, I’ve always loved stories about children on a journey into the magical unknown. When I started writing this book, I couldn’t travel outside the United States because of the pandemic. The Emerald Isle became my Emerald City, full of wonder and adventure. When I was finally able to visit Dublin, I retraced Dee’s footsteps, ducking into bookstores, poking into alleys, wandering the campus, chatting in pubs. I found my way by a combination of memory and instinct, surprised by the thrill of discovery, the shock of coming home around every corner.

That’s what I want to share with you, whether you travel to Ireland or visit from your favorite reading chair—that joy, that escape, that sense of adventure.

May you find the power that’s been inside you all along. And happy reading!

Also from Virginia…

“I don’t know of another author who could do justice to Little Women. In a warm, realistic, and humorous voice, Virginia Kantra knocks it out of the park in this rich retelling of the beloved classic.”
KRISTAN HIGGINS, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

“Kantra continues her delightful 21st-century retelling of Little Women…Kantra’s compulsively readable update will attract a whole new group of readers, as well as satisfy Alcott devotees.”
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