HARDCOVER BOOK OF FANTASTIC FICTION BY JODI PICOULT

2021 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Small Great Things comes “a powerfully evocative story of resilience and the triumph of the human spirit”. Rights sold to Netflix for adaptation as a feature film Named one of the best books of the year by She Reads Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She’s an associate specialist at Sotheby’s now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion. She’s not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galápagos—days before her thirtieth birthday. But then a virus appeared and on the eve of their departure, Finn breaks the news: It’s all hands on deck at the hospital. He has to stay behind. He persuades her to go; it would be a shame for their nonrefundable trip to go to waste. And so, reluctantly, she goes. Almost immediately, Diana’s dream vacation goes awry. Her luggage is lost, the Wi-Fi is nearly nonexistent, and the hotel they’d booked is shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, the whole island is now under quarantine, and she is stranded. Completely isolated, she must venture beyond her comfort zone. Slowly, she carves out a connection with a local family when a teenager with a secret opens up to Diana, despite her father’s suspicion of outsiders. In the Galápagos, Diana finds herself examining her relationships, her choices, and herself—and wondering if when she goes home, she too will have evolved into someone completely different.