She is spending the summer doing her graduate research on nesting birds in a remote corner of southern Illinois. Jo is a recovering cancer patient, she is also recovering from losing her mother to the same disease and adjusting to her new body after having a double mastectomy as well as her ovaries removed. The enchanting story of how a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again totally captivated me. Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah was such a book for me. ( )Įvery once in a while a book comes along that is simply the perfect read for you at that moment. I'll certainly look for more of Glendy Vanderah's books. I liked the character development, though will admit that Jo's character did start to get on my nerves in the latter part of the story. I won't allude one way or the other except to say that I felt that the conclusion was satisfying. This was really well-written for the most part and as a reader, I honestly was on the fence and went back and forth as to whether Ursa really was or was not from another planet, thinking there was a good chance that there could be a paranormal aspect to this story.
Enjoyable enough, but not one that I really fell for. The title and cover art of this book initially sort of pulled me in, but I kind of expected the story to be lukewarm. Meanwhile, the somewhat eccentric next door neighbor Gabe is also pulled into the mystery of where Ursa came from. Jo eventually lets Ursa stay with her while she tries to figure out a solution. Ursa returns, but continues to threaten to run away if the police are contacted again. Jo is convinced that Ursa fled an unsafe home situation somewhere nearby, but she's unable to find any information regarding a lost child fitting Ursa's description, and when she tries to contact the police, Ursa flees.
Despite the almost certain impossibility of this story, the girl ("Ursa") is extremely smart and charming, eventually warming Jo's heart. One night a young girl arrives outside the cabin, claiming to have arrived from "the stars", in another galaxy. Jo(anna) Teale, a graduate student studying ornithology, is spending the summer in rural southern Illinois where she is renting a cabin and furthering her bird studies.
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