Girl from Widow Hills — A Novel book cover by Megan Miranda

Girl from Widow Hills

Adult • Fiction, women
A Novel
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Everyone knows the story of “the girl from Widow Hills.”

Arden Maynor was just a child when she was swept away while sleepwalking during a terrifying rainstorm and went missing for days. Strangers and friends, neighbors and rescue workers, set up search parties and help vigils, praying for her safe return. Against all odds, she was found, alive, clinging to a storm drain. The girl from Widow Hills was a living miracle. Arden’s mother wrote a book. Fame followed. Fans and fan letters, creeps, and stalkers. And every year, the anniversary. It all became too much. As soon as she was old enough, Arden changed her name and disappeared from the public eye.

Now a young woman living hundreds of miles away, Arden goes by Olivia. She’s managed to stay off the radar for the last few years. But with the twentieth anniversary of her rescue approaching, the media will inevitably renew its interest in Arden. Where is she now? Soon Olivia feels like she’s being watched and begins sleepwalking again, like she did long ago, even waking up outside her home. Until late one night, she jolts awake in her yard. At her feet is the corpse of a man she knows—from her previous life, as Arden Maynor.

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Book details

Publisher
Scribner
Publication date
2021
Print length
332 pages
Language
English
ISBN
9781501165436

Fiction, women

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What to Know Before Reading Girl from Widow Hills

A psychological suspense novel that follows Olivia Meyer, a young woman desperately trying to outrun a childhood trauma that captivated the entire nation. Two decades earlier, when she was known as Arden Maynor, she went missing during a fierce rainstorm while sleepwalking. After a frantic three-day search, she was miraculously found alive, clinging to a storm drain. The intense media circus that followed—compounded by a bestselling book written by her mother—left Arden feeling hunted by fans and stalkers alike. As soon as she was old enough, she changed her name, cut ties with her past, and relocated to a quiet town in North Carolina to build a life of anonymity.

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About the author

Megan Miranda

Megan Miranda

Megan Miranda is the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls; The Perfect Stranger; The Last House Guest, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick; The Girl from Widow Hills; Such a Quiet Place; and The Last to Vanish. She has also written several books for young adults. She grew up in New Jersey, graduated from MIT, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children. Her next book, The Only Survivors, will be published on April 11th, 2023. Follow @MeganLMiranda on Instagram, @AuthorMeganMiranda on Facebook, or visit www.meganmiranda.com

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