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Just Get Home: an intense thriller perfect for book clubs Kindle Edition

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"Breathtaking... so much more than a thriller." —Josh Malerman, bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie

"Hits the thriller trifecta: a natural disaster, danger around every corner, and compelling well-drawn characters." —Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author

A one-more-page, up-all-night story about two strangers who need each other's help to survive the night after a devastating earthquake shakes Los Angeles.

Beegie is riding the bus when the quake hits. The teenager was heading back to her unhappy foster home, but then she’s thrown into a broken world. Roads crumble, storefronts shatter and people run wild.

Dessa, a single mom, is enjoying a rare night out when it strikes. Cell towers are down, so without even knowing if her three-year-old daughter is dead or alive, she races to get back across town.

As danger escalates in the chaotic streets, Beegie and Dessa meet by a twist of fate and an act of violence. The two form a fragile partnership, relying on each other in ways they never thought possible, and learn who they really are when there’s only one goal: just get home.

“A flat-out thriller [that is] also smart and insightful on timely, important ideas…. Heartbreaking and complicated in the best way… This is addictive reading that changes you as you turn the pages and stays with you long after you’ve finished.” —Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is

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April 13, 2021
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"A natural disaster is a terrifying backdrop for this briskly paced yet emotional novel, and readers will be hard-pressed to put the book down before reaching its satisfying ending. This title will appeal to readers who enjoyed The River at Night, by Erica Ferencik, or One by One, by Ruth Ware." —Library Journal

“Author Bridget Foley tackles many subjects in Just Get Home: disaster preparedness (or the lack thereof), cultural and economic differences, racism and racial prejudices, violence, infidelity, friendship and foster care. These issues are seamlessly woven into the narrative, but they are addressed in such a way as to force readers to confront them on some level.... Fast-paced writing, well-developed characters and a compelling storyline make it a memorable read that book clubs will want to discuss.” –Bookreporter

"Told with artful suspense-building...the duo's journey across the sprawling metropolis will compel the reader." —Booklist

“A heart-pounding tale of urban survival… Complex lives and nuanced emotional strength… Readers will breathlessly root for Beegie, Dessa, and Olivia.” —Publishers Weekly

“Thrilling, yes, but so much more than a thriller. Set to the tune of a life-altering (and vividly rendered) earthquake, Foley brings together two very different women who discover an ultimate commonality: knowing what matters. Written with aplomb, precision, and courage, Just Get Home is a breathtaking achievement.” —Josh Malerman, New York Times best selling author of Bird Box and Malorie

“I turned the pages of Just Get Home like I was reading a flat-out thriller, at that magical couldn't-put-it-down, must-find-out-what-happens pace, but that’s only the beginning of this wonder of a novel because it’s also smart and insightful on timely, important, difficult ideas. Its characters and their relationships are heartbreaking and complicated in the best way, at once entirely relatable, instantly recognizable, and unlike anything you’ve read before.
This is addictive reading that changes you as you turn the pages and stays with you long after you’ve finished.
It is a genre-bender in my favorite way: it has the best of everything.”
—Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of This Is How It Always Is

"JUST GET HOME by Bridget Foley hits the thriller trifecta: a natural disaster, danger around every corner and compelling well-drawn characters who unite to survive the most harrowing journey of their lives.
Foley effortlessly weaves together the voices of Beegie and Dessa to chronicle a night filled with devastation, terror, heartbreak and ultimately hope as they try to make it home after a deadly earthquake. Inventive, emotional and addictive, JUST GET HOME is not to be missed."
—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and This is How I Lied

“An edge-of-your-seat thriller about two people who meet up right after a devastating earthquake has hit LA. Just Get Home hits all of the suspense buttons, and Bridget Foley knows how to make your nightmares come to life!” –Mary O’Malley, Skylark Books, Columbia MO --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Originally from Colorado, Bridget Foley attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and UCLA's School of Theater, Film & Television. She worked as an actor and screenwriter before becoming a novelist. Her first book, Hugo & Rose, was published in 2015. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B087JV9F1C
Publisher ‏ : ‎ MIRA; Original edition (April 13, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1250 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 322 pages

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- #1,186 in Women's Psychological Fiction
- #3,359 in Women's Adventure Fiction (Books)
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Bridget Foley lives outside of Seattle, Washington. Hugo & Rose is her first novel. Find out more about Bridget at www.wonderfoley.com

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Julia

Satisfying Like the Perfect Meal

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2021

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The first part is the appetizer, setting the stage for the evening, blending into the main course, gradually becoming part of the whole. The main course is rare prime rib, meaty with juices running into the roasted vegetables. Everything is perfectly seasoned, served on flawless but sturdy china, with silverware perfectly aligned. Every bite is a burst of flavor begging to be savored. Dessert flamed, then settled into into a warm maple toffee vanilla blend brownie scattered with walnuts.
This book is captivating, spare and robust, filling and imminently satisfying.

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RedRedtheycallmeRed

Constant sense of impending doom

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021

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Whenever I wasn't reading this, I was thinking about it. What I'd do. How I'd react. At first, I was a little skeptical about how quickly society fell apart here, and maybe a couple decades ago it'd be different, but now? Just asking someone to wear a mask or believe in science is enough to cause people to go into a murderous rage, so I guess I can't be too surprised.

The apprehension was constant. Dessa is constantly trying to call her babysitter, cell phone service is spotty at best. It's a 20 mile walk through severely damaged LA, and the people she encounters are more dangerous than the aftershocks and broken streets. Men who are too stupid to understand why a woman might cross to the other side of the street to avoid them.

Beegie has been well acquainted with the worst of humanity for awhile. She's just another foster kid that no one seems to care much about. She and Dessa form an uneasy alliance to get to safety. While they're together, there are some flashbacks of their before lives, none of it very pretty (especially Beegie).

It's not an easy story to read, the sense of impending doom was constant. But sometimes those stories are the ones we remember most.

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Classy Consumer

Intense, engaging, well written

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2021

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This novel does everything a good novel should. The author made the characters real, made me care about them, made me feel the crises that they were immersed in and that they had to overcome, and the story never bored me, not once. I have read many well known authors that I could not have written this as well.

Well done, Bridget Foley. I have never heard of you before, but feel sure you will become a well known author. Get an agent. You have a bright future.

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251Ehmyay

Post-apocalyptic, emotionally draining, character study

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

If you’re looking for a thriller about the aftermath of an earthquake, a book filled with suspense and action, you’ll only get that in small doses here. What you will get is a character study of how people with tragedy and how their behavior is affected. When civil society disappears in an instant, what happens and who survives? I felt that a few points were belabored a bit too much, which took me away from the “humanity” aspect of the situation. There are several uncomfortable parts that other readers may find difficult, including but not limited to assault, infidelity, and racial bias. They didn’t bother me as they added realism, but others may have issues. The blurb is right, it does contain weighty, challenging content. For a full review, please visit Fireflies and Free Kicks. Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin (MIRA) for a digital ARC of the book.

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Florence McReynolds

Just Get Home

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2021

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I loved this book! The characters of Dessa and Beegie jumped off of the pages. Their voices rang clear in my head. This was a story of hope, learning to trust, redemption, need, letting go. It was also a statement on the vulnerability of being a female in a disaster. There are predators of all kinds around every corner. It’s also an indictment of our social services and foster care system. I highly recommend this book.

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She Treads Softly

heart-pounding thriller of a disaster novel

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2021

Just Get Home by Bridget Foley is a highly recommended heart-pounding thriller of a disaster novel.

“All that stuff about making sure you have enough bottled water and a bugout bag? It’s horse pucky. Propaganda to make it seem like the people in charge can do anything about it. Just wait patiently, Good Citizen. Help will arrive.” She saluted, the cherry tip of her cigarette making an arc through the air. “When it happens... It will be chaos for days. Weeks. There will be looting. Riots. The earthquake isn’t the real disaster, Dessa. The disaster is what happens after.”

Dessa is a single mom living in Van Nuys, California, who is having a rare girl's night out. She has her three-year-old daughter, Olivia, all ready for bedtime when the new babysitter arrives and she heads to downtown Los Angeles to meet her friends. She is leaving the restaurant/bar where she met her friends when the ground first begins to shake. Beegie is a young teenage girl who is escaping her current foster mother by riding the bus. She returns to her previous foster home to collect her things that the sexually abusive older son took from her and then gets back on the bus, planning to ride it all night. Beegie is on the bus when the earthquake hits.

These two women end up helping each other survive after the Big One hits Los Angeles. Dessa has one goal - to get home to her daughter and make sure she is okay. While trying to get home, Dessa witnessed Beegie being raped. She hid, uncertain how to help the girl and then didn't see her afterward. Beegie, however, finds a way to stop the man she saw attacking Dessa. Dessa recognizes her purse and knows she is the girl she saw, although she does not say anything to Beegie. The two travel together, trying to get home, as the streets become increasingly dangerous.

Both Dessa and Beegie compartmentalization their lives. Sure, they are compartmentalizing very different things, and live very different lives but they share this approach to life and the challenges they face. This probably helps them as they work together to get home, although if home is an answer or safe or there is a question always present. Foley does a great job developing these two characters, making them individuals but also showing their inner thoughts and a basis for their friendship through the trauma and ordeals they both experience.

The pace of the plot moves quickly through all the different challenges and encounters the women face in this natural disaster novel of the predicted Big One finally hitting California. This is a survival novel featuring two females overcoming the disaster and fighting their way through insurmountable odds to find their way to safety, or, for Dessa, back home to her daughter. Obviously, Dessa displays a strong example of the maternal bond and how mothers will try to overcome all odds to make sure their children are safe.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of MIRA Books in exchange for my honest opinion.

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Gavin

Well written

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021

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Not my usual choice of genre. I lean towards archeological adventure and history...and mystical stories a la Dean Koonrz. This was amazing. I couldn't put it down. I could feel every emotion and see every scene play out. A realistic journey...physically and emotionally of two women destined for friendship. I was sorry to see it end, but happy with the way that it did. Highly recommended.

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B. E. Olson

A Real Page Turner

Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2021

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Once I started reading, I couldn’t put this book down. It caught me and drew me in. Excellent writing. The characters were believable, the action kept moving at a brisk pace, and I enjoyed how the author tied metaphors together to unite the storyline. Loved it!

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Joy St John

Exciting Read

Reviewed in Canada on October 15, 2021

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Lots of action; great pace. I fell in love with the characters and really cared. Very realistic horrors. Highly recommend for a fast paced good exciting read!

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Gripping

Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2021

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A book that is hard to put down as you move along with the characters, feeling their fear, pain, and hope.

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