When you lose your way in life the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the
train that may take you to your life’s purpose in this wistful Ghibli-esque fantasy from the
bestselling author of Water Moon . “A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with
the promise of hope after grief The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.”—Molly
O’Neill author of Greenteeth You can’t buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing
only to those whose lives are adrift it’s a magical train seeming to carry very rare and
special cargo: a sense of purpose peace and belonging. Raya is one of those lost souls. She
had dreamed of being a songwriter but when her brother died she gave up on her dream and
started living his instead. One day on the subway as her thoughts wander she’s swept off to
the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Q an intriguing artist who like her has lost his
place in the world. Together they find a train full of wonders from a boarding car that’s
also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish
and whales swim through pink clouds. Over the course of their long strange night on the train
they also discover that it harbors secrets—and danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away
and brought with him a dark malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. But in
investigating the stowaway's identity Raya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate
question: What is her life's true purpose—and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can
take her to?
