Rust & Stardust

Camden, NJ, 1948. When Sally Horner steals a notebook from the local Woolworth's, she’s accosted by an FBI agent. Sally dutifully follows his orders, only to be faced with a haunting realization: He’s not an FBI agent. And he’s going to kidnap her.

This gripping novel traces the next two harrowing years for Sally as she’s held captive, forever altering her life and the lives of her family, friends, and those she meets along the way as they travel from Camden to San Jose. Sally must overcome the impossible when all hope seems lost, waiting for the day she can return home and tell her story.

Based on the experiences of real-life kidnapping victim Sally Horner and her captor, whose story shocked the nation, this heart-pounding story by award-winning author T. Greenwood at last gives a voice to Sally herself.

About the Author

T. Greenwood's novels have sold over 250,000 copies. She has received grants from the Sherwood Anderson Foundation, Christopher Isherwood Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. Her novel Bodies of Water was a 2014 Lambda Literary Awards Finalist; Two Rivers and Grace were each named Best General Fiction Book at the San Diego Book Awards, and Where I Lost Her was a Globe and Mail bestseller in 2016. Greenwood lives with her family in San Diego.