Leaving Unknown: A Novel [Paperback]

“Mixing humor with tender moments, Reichs creates an enjoyable journey with wonderful writing and likable characters.”
—Library Journal

From the author ofThe Best Day of Someone Else’s LifecomesLeaving Unknown—a funny and touching story of a young woman who, while traveling across country, finds herself stuck in the true middle of nowhere, a.k.a. Unknown, Arizona. Great writing comes naturally to Kerry Reichs (she’s the daughter ofNew York Timesbestselling author Kathy Reichs, whose Temperance Brennan forensic mysteries inspired the TV seriesBones). WithLeaving Unknown,Kerry has penned a bittersweet modern-dayOdysseythat readers ofKristin Gore, Jennifer Crusie, Meg Cabot, and Jennifer Weiner will absolutely adore.

Sweet Lips, Tennessee . . . Toad Suck, Arkansas . . . Okay, Oklahoma . . . Truth or Consequences, New Mexico . . .Maeve Connelly's epic road trip is taking her through every colorfully named tiny town in America on her way to the far less imaginatively named Los Angeles, California. With her foulmouthed cockatiel, Oliver, her only companion, Maeve's heading way off the beaten track with little money and a load of painful baggage she wants to leave lăg