The Last Runaway

The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Life in 1850s Ohio is precarious and unsentimental. The roads are spattered with mud and spit. The woods shelter slaves escaping north to freedom. Should modest Quaker Honor Bright hide runaways from the ruthless men who hunt them down? As she struggles to find her place and her voice, Honor must decide what she is willing to risk for her beliefs. THE LAST RUNAWAY is the story of bad men and spirited women, surprising marriages and unlikely friendships, and the remarkable power of defiance.