Heather Young
1 SeriesHeather Young is an American author who practiced law in San Francisco before transitioning to writing. She earned her MFA from the Bennington College Writing Seminars in 2011 and further honed her craft at the Tin House and Squaw Valley Writers Workshops. Heather resides in Northern California with her family.
In Heather Young's "The Lost Girls," six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family's Minnesota lake house in 1935, leading to her father's suicide and her mother and sisters' lifelong vigil at the house. Decades later, Lucy, the middle sister, leaves the house and a notebook detailing that summer to her grandniece, Justine. Justine seeks refuge at the lake house to escape her manipulative boyfriend and provide stability for her daughters. As winter sets in, Justine's troubled daughter becomes fixated on Emily's disappearance, her mother tries to seize the inheritance, and her ex-boyfriend plots to reclaim her. Amid the haunting legacy of the lost girls, Justine must overcome these challenges to protect her family.
