Edward Scissorhands meets When the Moon Was Ours in this engrossing novel about two teen sisters who fight to protect the mysterious stranger who literally fell from the stars and into their backyard.
Strange things have always happened in the small town of Darling.
Yet Delta Wilding and her sister Bee are familiar with the peculiar. Raised by an eccentric father always on the hunt for the spectacular, they ae used to following weather patterns that twirl onto strange paths, a car that refuses to play any artist but one, and living in a sentient house with whims of its own. But when a mysterious boy falls from the stars into the woods behind the Wilding sisters’ farmhouse, nothing can prepare them for the extraordinary turn their lives are about to take.
Extraordinary, and dangerous.
Starling Rust is not from this world, and his presence in the Wilding home brings attention. As the terrified locals, Delta’s ex-boyfriend, and the unscrupulous mayor descend onto their home, both Delta and her sister go to incredible lengths to protect their mystical visitor—especially as Delta’s growing feelings for Starling could prove the greatest risk of all.
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“Strychacz dusts her novel with the supernatural as she puts humanity’s beauty and ugliness on equal display, keeping this heartfelt story from slipping into sentimentality and sparkling all the more for it.”
— Booklist
“Evoking a darkly whimsical tone…this tale is an engrossing, languidly paced work of suspense exploring family and small-town dynamics and loyalties…An earnest, slowly unfolding drama.”
— Kirkus Reviews“Starling will leave you wishing on stars and dropping coins in wells—a breathless dream of a novel about love, family, and the magic surrounding us.”
— Katrina Leno, author of HorridBe the first to write a review about this audiobook!
Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay area. An alumna of Mills College with degrees in English and history, she lives in England and works as a copywriter for a PR and communications agency. You can find her online @IsabelStrychaczAuthor (Instagram), @IsabelStrychacz (Twitter), and at IsabelStrychacz.com.
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.