The Third Hill North of Town, Noah Bly
The Third Hill North of Town, Noah Bly
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The Third Hill North of Town

Author: Noah Bly

Narrator: Caroline Price

Unabridged: 16 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/10/2019


Synopsis

When fifty-four-year-old Julianna Dapper slips out of a mental hospital in Bangor, Maine, on a June day in 1962, it's with one purpose in mind. Julianna knows she must go back to the tiny farming community in northern Missouri where she was born and raised. It's the place where she and her best friend, Ben Taylor, roamed as children, and where her life's course shifted irrevocably one night long ago.

Embarking on her journey, Julianna meets Elijah Hunter, a shy teenage African American boy, and Jon Tate, a young hitchhiker on the run from the law. The three become traveling companions, bound together by quirks of happenstance. And even as the emerging truth about Julianna's past steers them inexorably toward tragedy, their surprising bond may be the means to transform fear and heartache into the strength that finally guides Julianna home.

About Noah Bly

Noah Bly is the author of The Third Hill North of Town and The Distance Between Us. Noah is also a music teacher, and plays clarinet, saxophone, and bass guitar. He lives in Iowa City, Iowa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsey on August 21, 2017

So I now think that I am ready to talk about this book. I definitely couldn't for a day or two, too much to process and didn't want to dilute the experience. Because reading this was definitely an experience. The Third Hill North of Town is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I couldn't......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on February 11, 2014

You have to kind of hold on tight when you read this quite remarkable novel from Noah Bly, as it moves at a such a pace that it feels like being in a runaway vehicle over which you have no control and you end up quite breathless. “Page-turner” just doesn’t do it justice. Action-packed, it’s a mixtur......more

Goodreads review by Cranky Commentary (Melinda) on August 14, 2024

This fabulous book is about coincidence and how everything happens for a reason. Sure, it got a little (maybe more than a little) over the top, but it IS entertainment, after all. By “entertainment”, I do not mean “fluff”. This takes the reader on a journey of love, nostalgia, friendship, loyalty, g......more

Goodreads review by Gina on October 12, 2015

This was a book I received from Netgalley from review, and I have to say, it's been the one I've enjoyed the most. I just couldn't put this book down. The story starts with the main character Julianna Dapper escaping from a mental hospital and taking two unusual young men along on an odyssey like tr......more