The Atlas of Untold Stories

Brunsvold’s (The Divine Proverb of Streusel) latest features a mother and daughters reconnecting on a literary road trip. Barista and entrepreneur Chloe Vance may not meet her mother’s markers of traditional success, but she has an irrepressible optimism for life and an offer to teach art in Prague. As she tries to tell her mother about moving overseas, she accidentally invites her on an impromptu drive spanning six Midwest states and inspired by their favorite books and authors. Ever-proper Edie Vance does not want to embark on a trip in a beat-up yellow Xterra in the humidity of a Kansas summer, but she’s desperately seeking a way to stop her adult children from drifting apart. Add in the outwardly perfect sister Lauren, whose professional mask hides some harmful secrets, and the last-minute road trip is surely a disaster in the making—or maybe just what the Vances need.