A Place to Land

By: Lauren K. Denton

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley

"A delightful Southern story extolling the deep bond of sisters, Lauren Denton’s A Place to Land has a heartwarming tone as it unravels a 40-year-old mystery coming back to haunt a cast of small-town characters whose lives are entwined in Sugar Bend, Alabama."—New York Journal of Books

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.

"A touching tribute to sisterhood, first loves, and promises kept."—Susan Meissner, USA TODAY bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things

©2022 Lauren K. Denton (P)2022 Harper Muse

I can’t believe I listened to the whole

This is entertaining, but Dorky with a capital D. If you like “lifetime” channel stories, then this is for you. I was attracted to the book because of the “art” element to it - which I found consistent with the overall amusing drivel. Despite my criticism, will say the overall the spirit of the story is (albeit convoluted) working for the good. And the fine narration carried me through.

I enjoyed A Place to Land

The charactors interaction was interesting. It was a nice touch to finally be free to move on with their lives!

Good listen for end of summer

Good book, loved the sweet accents, with a great performance. Easy listening while hand stitching.

Between the narrator, and the author I felt like my mind was being massaged, and my curiosity with intrigue.

This is the first book I’ve read by Laura Denton. I just finished it and now I’m looking into another one to read. She has a way with words, poetic descriptions that captured me in moments where I found myself sighing.

Great

I enjoyed this book very much. Interesting, great characters, intriguing story line. A very good narrator.

Gentle summer read

I enjoyed the references to the Eastern Shore. There was enough “mystery” to make me want to see how things would turn out, and I could appreciate the small artsy town.

Too good to be true

This was definitely a story that tied up all the loose ends with a fairytale, Hallmark-style ending. It was a good summer read.

The bonds of sister hood and survivors

The past and present brought together with skill. A look into the passage of time with the ability to still be able to build on the future.

Loved this book.

Took me a bit to get in to it but I was hook. Super read!

Great listen

Really enjoyable book. Brittany Presley is amazing and can make almost any book a perfect journey