Book description
Tragedy strikes the New York-based Cardinal family when their car is
involved in a terrible accident. Twelve-year-old Lou and seven-year-old
Oz survive, but the crash leaves their father dead and their mother in a
coma. It would seem their world has been shattered forever until their
great-grandmother, Louisa Mae, agrees to raise the children on her
Virginia mountain farm.
But before long their rural idyll is threatened by the discovery of
natural gas on the mountain. Determined to protect her home from the
ravages of big business, Louisa Mae refuses to sell, but when the
neighbours hear of the potential wealth the company could bring, they
begin to turn against her. And now the Cardinal family find themselves
ensnared in another battle, to be played out in a crowded Virginia
courtroom: a battle for justice, for survival, and for the right to stay
together in the only place they know as home.
Filled with both rich humour and desperate poignancy, WISH YOU WELL is
a tale of family, faith, humanity and prejudice, set against the magical
backdrop of the Virginia high rock.'Baldacci triumphs with his best
novel yet, an utterly captivating drama. David Baldacci is the
seven-time New York Times best-selling author of ABSOLUTE POWER, TOTAL
CONTROL, THE WINNER, THE SIMPLE TRUTH, SAVING FAITH, WISH YOU WELL and
LAST MAN STANDING. His most recent novel, SPLIT SECOND, will be
published by macmillan in December 2003. He lives in Virginia with his
wife and two children.
