Search results
2001
- Wish You Well is a novel written by David Baldacci. First published in 2001, the story starts with the Cardinal family planning to move from New York to California due to money problems, then shifts to the mountains of Virginia after a car accident leaves the father dead and the mother in a catatonic state.
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wish_You_Well_(novel)
People also ask
When was Wish you Well written?
What genre is Wish you Well by David Baldacci?
What is the setting of Wish you Well?
Why was the book Wish you Well made into a movie?
Wish You Well is a novel written by David Baldacci. First published in 2001, the story starts with the Cardinal family planning to move from New York to California due to money problems, then shifts to the mountains of Virginia after a car accident leaves the father dead and the mother in a catatonic state. The time period is in the 1940s.
- David G. Baldacci
- 2001
Wish You Well...is the story of Louisa Mae Cardinal, a precocious twelve-year-old girl living in the hectic New York City of 1940 with her acclaimed but sadly underpaid writer father, her compassionate mother, and her timid younger brother, Oz. For Lou, her family's financial struggles are invisible to her.
Sep 30, 2000 · In the end, Wish You Well was not the worst book ever written. The story has its charm. But the characters are poorly executed and the writing overall feels rushed and poor. Hearsay has it that Baldacci writes his novels very quickly, and here, despite good intentions, it shows.
- (28.7K)
- Paperback
Wish You Well (October 2000) is a semi-autobiographical novel by crime writer David Baldacci. The book falls into the categories of Family Saga, Coming of Age Fiction, and Historical Mystery and is a departure from Baldacci’s thrillers, which he is primarily known for. Baldacci is the author of more than 40 novels, most of which became ...
Southwest Virginia, 1940. Wish You Well is the story of Louisa Mae Cardinal, a precocious twelve-year-old girl living in the hectic New York City of1940 with her acclaimed but sadly underpaid writer father, her compassionate mother, and her timid young brother, Oz. For Lou, her family's financial struggles are invisible to her.
Written by David Baldacci. Review by Nan Curnutt. David Baldacci, famous for his thrillers, has written a completely different kind of story. Wish You Well is a heartwarming coming-of-age novel.
May 16, 2011 · Wish You Well: An Emotional but Uplifting Historical Fiction Novel - Kindle edition by Baldacci, David. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Wish You Well: An Emotional but Uplifting Historical Fiction Novel.
