One Stop West of Hinsdale by Valerie Kuhn Reid

My blurb for Valerie Kuhn Reid's masterful memoir:

"One Stop West of Hindale is a book of longing. Shifting with eerie ease between herself as a young Nancy Drew and as an adult Agatha Christie, Valerie Kuhn Reid takes us on her sleuthing journey to uncover the astounding and confounding mystery of her original family's dissolution. Ms. Kuhn Reid's alchemy renders her search for the truth both heart-rending and, with her gloriously persistent, stubborn optimism, somehow hopeful. The pages turn themselves as we plunge headlong into this case of family secrets and lies alongside both youthful and older Val as she uncovers clues, spots inconsistencies, chases red herrings and, ultimately, weaves a tale of deep, abiding love rich with the transcendent power of forgiveness."

Lisa Stathoplos

Author of Make Me: A Memoir