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“Wait for Me left me speechless with its frankness and beauty. Amy Jo Burns’s enthralling prose is not unlike protagonist Elle Harlow's Appalachia: lyrical and transcendent, but homegrown and honest. An absolutely gorgeous exploration of friendship, authenticity, and the power that a few strings and a well-written lyric can wield.”
—Shelby Van Pelt, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Amy Jo Burns has written a soul-stirring marvel in Wait for Me—a novel as wild, lyrical, and full of longing as the songs at its center. Every lyric is a clue, and every character sings with bruised, unforgettable beauty. I would follow Amy Jo Burns anywhere she leads.”
—Paula McLain, author of Skylark and The Paris Wife

"Numinous and unforgettable, Wait for Me thrums with the heart of a songwriter and the soul of a gifted storyteller. With music and atmospheric beauty, Amy Jo Burns holds our hand along the broken path to wholeness, and proves once again that women can reverse the order of the world. This atmospheric novel left me breathless and in awe.”
—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"The novel is insightful in its depiction of complex relationships between women and of the grueling and sometimes dark sides of the music business."
—Kirkus

“Weaving together themes of artistic sacrifice, heartbreak, and the power of familial legacy, Burns captures rural Appalachia and Nashville's country music scene in vivid detail. Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & The Six (2019) and Kristin Hannah's The Women (2024) will find themselves captivated by this multigenerational story.”
- Booklist