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WINNER OF THE BAKWIN AWARD
“A gripping, layered, and immensely satisfying debut from a powerful new voice.” —Téa Obreht, author of Sunrise and The Tiger’s Wife
“In her debut novel, The Only Way Out Is Through, Tara Weinstein skillfully presents a mesmerizing weave of past and present as a young woman pieces together the mysterious and disturbing circumstances of her life, leaving the reader to explore the meaning of home and family in ways that are surprising and wholly satisfying.” —Jill McCorkle, author of Old Crimes and Hieroglyphics
“How do you tell your own story when everyone thinks they already know it? This is the difficult but necessary question that a former childhood abductee confronts in Tara Weinstein’s suspenseful novel, The Only Way Out Is Through. This confessional account of one young woman’s journey of escape, self-discovery, and healing reveals a tangled web of family, history, celebrity, tragedy, and, ultimately, acceptance.” —Tiya Miles, author of All That She Carried and final judge for the Bakwin Award
“Tara Weinstein’s first novel, The Only Way Out Is Through, engaged me with its opening words and retained its hold on me until the final period, in large part because so much is at stake for her main character. This is an enormously impressive debut—one that portends a bright career ahead. I eagerly await more work from this gifted writer.” —Steve Yarbrough, author of Stay Gone Days
In this gripping debut novel, former abductee Bria Singer must reconcile with her past as she tries to build her life on her own terms.
Winner of the Bakwin Award selected by Tiya Miles, Tara Weinstein tells the riveting story of one woman confronting her history on a journey of growth, exploration, and reclaiming identity. In the town of Vaughan, everyone knows the story of Bria Singer: abducted at age five, and miraculously back ten years later, returning to find a broken family transformed by her disappearance. Now twenty and living in New York City, Bria must figure out who she is and where she belongs after spending her childhood in the wilderness, cut off from the world. Using journal entries, newspaper clippings, and connections with other survivors, Bria pieces together her own story in this thrilling and suspenseful novel.
Tara Weinstein was born and raised in Canada and now works as a high school physics teacher in New York City. When she is not teaching or writing, you can find her dancing, weaving, knitting, painting, or sewing. The Only Way Out Is Through is her debut novel.
