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The Elsewhere Express : A Novel.
When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you and take you to your life's purpose. Raya and Q are two of those lost souls. As they explore the wonders of the train, they also discover that there is danger in the form of a mysterious stranger. As Raya investigates this stranger's identity, she also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: what is her life's true purpose - and might Q be connected to it? From the author of 'Water Moon'.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593725023
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 3 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Random House Worlds, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology FICTION / Romance / Fantasy |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. |
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When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your lifeâs purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of Water Moon.
This deluxe first edition hardcover includes:
⢠Intricately designed sprayed edges
⢠Interactive endpapers with a scene you can color in
⢠A full-color illustrated book case beneath the jacket
âA delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.ââMolly OâNeill, author of Greenteeth
You canât buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adrift, itâs a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging.
Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriter, but when her brother died, she gave up on her dream and started living his instead.
One day on the subway, as her thoughts wander, sheâs swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q, an intriguing artist who, like her, has lost his place in the world.
Together they find a train full of wonders, from a boarding car thatâs also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds.
Over the course of their long, strange night on the train, they also discover that it harbors secretsâand danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train.
But in investigating the stowaway's identity, Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life's true purposeâand is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?
? âA stunning, visual fever dream of a story akin to both the game Spiritfarer and Erin Morgensternâs The Starless Seaâa character-driven tale wrapped in a sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio Ghibliâlike chaos even as it comes with a well-organized passenger rulebook.ââBooklist (starred review)
