A Place to Land

Narrated by Brittany Pressley
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Pub Date Oct 04 2022 | Archive Date Oct 07 2022

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Description

A hidden past isn’t past at all.

Violet Figg and her sister Trudy have lived a quiet life in Sugar Bend, Alabama, since a night forty years ago that stole Trudy’s voice and cemented Violet’s role as her sister’s fierce and loyal protector. Now Trudy spends her days making sculptures from found objects and speaking through notes written on scraps of paper, while Violet runs their art shop, monitors bird activity up and down the water, and tries not to think of the one great love she gave up to keep her sister safe.

Eighteen-year-old Maya knows where everyone else belongs, but she’s been searching for her own place since her grandmother died seven years ago. Moving in and out of strangers’ houses has left her exhausted. After seeing a flyer on a gas station window for a place called Sugar Bend, Maya chooses to follow the strange pull she feels and finds herself on the doorstep of an art shop called Two Sisters.

When a boat rises to the surface of Little River in the middle of the night, the present and no-longer-buried past collide, and the future becomes uncertain for Maya, Violet, and Trudy. As history creeps continuously closer to the present and old secrets come to light, the sisters must decide to face the truth of what happened that night forty years ago, or risk losing each other and those they’ve come to love.

USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren K. Denton delivers another distinctly Southern story that shimmers with beauty and possibility.

A hidden past isn’t past at all.

Violet Figg and her sister Trudy have lived a quiet life in Sugar Bend, Alabama, since a night forty years ago that stole Trudy’s voice and cemented Violet’s role as...


Advance Praise

Selected for inclusion in the 2022 Fall/Winter edition of Buzz Books!

“A Place to Land is a story of fierce loyalty, the glittering camouflage of evil, and the supernatural balm of a close-knit small town that embraces strangers as family and offers unconditional love when confronted with the most harrowing truths. Lauren K. Denton, one of the queens of Southern fiction, has once again constructed a story that seeps into your soul and doesn’t let go.”—Joy Callaway, international bestselling author of The Grand Design

“A Lauren K. Denton novel is like a whispered secret from a dear friend, and her latest lyrical stunner is no exception. A Place to Land captures the gray areas of life in all their complexity and questions whether we can ever really move on from the past. In a story of sisterhood and small-town secrets, Denton proves that, in our lives, like our art, there is always a chance to create beauty from brokenness. Denton is a masterful storyteller who makes magic on every perfect page.”—Kristy Woodson Harvey, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding Veil

“Lauren K. Denton is a master at crafting deeply meaningful stories that explore the relationships that give life purpose, beauty, and richness. A Place to Land is a touching tribute to sisterhood, first loves, and promises kept.”—Susan Meissner, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things

Selected for inclusion in the 2022 Fall/Winter edition of Buzz Books!

“A Place to Land is a story of fierce loyalty, the glittering camouflage of evil, and the supernatural balm of a close-knit small...


Available Editions

EDITION Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN 9780785232681
PRICE $27.99 (USD)
DURATION 8 Hours, 57 Minutes, 3 Seconds

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Featured Reviews

I listened to this over a year ago on audio. The story has not stayed with me in that time, but I did give it five stars on Goodreads. Laura K. Denton is a go to author for me. I haven't found any of her books that I haven't loved.

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