You want to read this. Please believe me: it\\\'s outstanding. This book is not a thriller, but you won\\\'t want to put it down.

I feel so lucky that I picked IN WILDERNESS from librarything.com\\\'s list of giveaways the same way I always feel lucky when I\\\'ve just finished a great book. By \\\"great book,\\\" I mean one that is both well (in this case, beautifully) written and can\\\'t-put-it-down terrific.

But resist reviews that want to tell you the story. You\\\'ll love it so much more if you do. Let this suffice: It is the 1960s. Katherine, a 38-year-old woman with a successful career, buys a cabin and property deep in the wilderness and moves there alone, unaware that Danny, a Vietnam vet, has been squatting in the cabin and now is squatting in an abandoned home not too far from there. (Please don\\\'t object to Danny\\\'s thoughts, as some do, because they tell us who he is.) That is all you need or want to know until you read it.