Willa’s Grove Audiobook

Quotes

• “So what’s next? That’s the big question in the fiction debut from memoirist Munson…Readers will be able to relate to the themes of female friendship and personal growth.”

  — Booklist

• “This novel is intended to be an inspirational story, and it delivers. Many women readers will find themselves represented by one or more of the characters…Men, too, can learn from the characters’ experiences. They might come to understand the women in their own lives better, as well as find their own secret anxieties represented and tackled through the story…Willa’s Grove offers a pathway to writing one’s own new story.”

  — New York Journal of Books

• "Willa’s Grove is an easy read with a captivating premise: what happens when four women, each in a mid-life crisis, gather for a week in rural Montana to ponder the answer to the question: so now what?”

  — San Francisco Book Review

• “Women have always searched for community during life’s critical crossroads, but it’s the rare novel that nails the tone and tempo of what it feels like to embed with kindred spirits and share stories, joys, and fears from the heart. Every reader will relate to this beautiful story in powerful and personal ways. I cherished my time with Willa’s Grove, sitting in this circle of women who, by the end, felt like best friends.”

  — Lee Woodruff, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “This is the novel we need right now. Willa’s Grove is an affirmation of creativity, sisterhood, and the power of belonging. The simple act of taking care of one another moves mountains. Don’t tell anyone, but I think Laura Munson might have just made me a better person.”

  — Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Heartsick and others

• “I love this wonderful novel about women, friendship, and our deep-rooted need for community. Laura Munson has created a memorable and deeply relatable character in Willa Silvester. You’ll want to give this book to your best friend the minute you finish reading it.”

  — Ann Leary, New York Times bestselling author of The Good House

• “Willa’s Grove is the book my heart needed right now. When I finished it, I held it to my chest and took a long, deep breath. It’s a love letter to female friendships, to the power of vulnerability, to the strength of community, and daring to live authentically. An absolute must-read.”

  — Julie Barton, New York Times bestselling author of Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me from Myself

• “Reading Willa’s Grove is like going to a girls’ weekend where everyone spills their guts and tells the truth about their apparently not-so-perfect lives. It’s truthful, raw, and, well, totally fun.”

  — Cathy Lamb, author of All about Evie

• “[A] stirring debut…Against the backdrop of a gorgeous landscape and an abundant kitchen, Willa’s Grove shows the insights, comfort, and courage that women can find in community. It just might inspire you to seek a community—and a new adventure—of your own.”

  — Janet Benton, author of Lilli de Jong

• “A story of new friendships and old desires, secrets and regrets, Willa’s Grove is just the midlife vacation read every woman needs to spur her on and grab hold of ‘So now what?’ I didn’t read this aching and inspiring novel as much as wrapped myself up in it, following the heartache, yearning, and triumph in each woman’s personal story.”

  — V. C. Chickering, author of Nookietown and Twisted Family Values

• “Laura Munson has captured the magical safe haven of her Haven Writing Retreats in the pages of this gripping novel about four women who come together to work through the daunting what’s next midlife question so many of us face. I saw pieces of myself in each of them as they soothed, challenged, supported, and ultimately triumphed, inspiring me to do my own exploration. This book is one that will sit on my nightstand for quite some time.”

  — Sukey Forbes, bestselling author of The Angel in My Pocket: Love, Loss, and Life after Death and Haven Writing Retreat alum