You'll Thank Me for This: A Novel

· Hachette Audio · Narrated by Tavia Gilbert
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This pulse-pounding psychological thriller takes roots from the Dutch tradition of blindfolding and dropping your adolescent child in the middle of the wilderness—and shows what happens when it goes horribly wrong.
 
Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National Forest with three other children. With nothing but a few basic supplies and emergency food, the children are tasked with working together to navigate one of the Netherlands' most beautiful and wild locations and return home to where their families are anxiously waiting.
 
The youngest of the group and distracted by her own thoughts, Karin lags behind, suddenly looking up to see that the other children have vanished.
 
As Karin struggles against the elements to find her way back, she soon realizes that something far more sinister lurks in the woods.
 
Meanwhile, the parents are reeling from the knowledge that none of the children have returned. The authorities are alerted, and the news media descends, turning the disappearances into a public frenzy. Amidst the chaos and hysteria, Karin's mother, Grace, is facing threats of her own, making her doubt who she can trust. Will she be able to untangle this web of false leads and fake news to find her daughter—before it's too late?

About the author

Nina Siegal is an American novelist and journalist who has lived in Amsterdam for 15 years. She has previously published two novels (the first a literary mystery, the second set in Golden Age Amsterdam), and is currently a regular contributor to The New York Times, covering European culture. Born in New York City, and raised in the city and Long Island, she graduated from Cornell University with a BA and received her MFA in Fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She lives with her daughter, Sonia, who was born in Amsterdam, and their dog, Coco.

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