{"product_id":"the-elsewhere-express","title":"The Elsewhere Express","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Line\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York Times bestselling author of Water Moon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSamantha Sotto Yambao\u003c\/b\u003e is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveler, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila. She is the nationally bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eBefore Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, The Beginning of Always\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eWater Moon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express\u003c\/i\u003e is a gorgeous story about finding your place somewhere in between two great inevitabilities: love, and loss.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sydney J. Shields, national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Witch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express \u003c\/i\u003ereads like a Ghibli movie. I loved following these deeply hurt, broken, and lost characters on this Alice-in-Wonderland-esque adventure with Miyazaki flair. Its musical prose, vast imagination, and exploratory storytelling will spirit you away.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Charlie N. Holmberg, bestselling author of the Whimbrel House series\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express \u003c\/i\u003ewill carry you to the stars.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Molly O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eGreenteeth\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"With its poetic, descriptive prose, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader on a magical ride exploring loneliness, life's purpose, and ultimately human connection through a playful, surreal tale. Without question, the book will delight fantasy enthusiasts as they nestle into this perfect escape, a story that whisks them from the mundane and into an imaginative wonderland they might not want to leave.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--J. Penner, author of \u003ci\u003eA Fellowship of Bakers \u0026amp; Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express\u003c\/i\u003e is nothing short of exquisite. Luminous and soulful, it will enchant you with its dreamy, whimsical charm even while it carries you through an exploration of such profound subjects as loss and the purpose of life. I am dazzled by Samantha Sotto Yambao's extraordinarily beautiful imagination.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--India Holton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe League of Gentlewomen Witches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express \u003c\/i\u003eis not just thought-provoking but \n\u003ci\u003edream\u003c\/i\u003e-provoking: with pages upon pages of sensory marvels apt to enliven your own idle thoughts (as they did mine!). This uniquely painterly story, full of songs and spectacle, is fueled by a dauntless hopefulness that I hope might find its way into my own dreams as well.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Sylvie Cathrall, author of \u003ci\u003eA Letter to the Luminous Deep\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio Ghibli-like chaos.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This work of magical realism, derring-do, and sadness combines \n\u003ci\u003eSomewhere in Time\u003c\/i\u003e by Richard Matheson, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e by L. Frank Baum, and a trip through Wonderland, creating an adventure in which guilt is powerful, forgetting is a trap, and a happily-ever-after lurks behind the clouds.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - 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 \u003ci\u003eWater Moon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis hardcover edition includes: \u003cbr\u003e- Interactive endpapers with a scene you can color in\u003cbr\u003e- A full-color illustrated book case beneath the jacket\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, \u003ci\u003eThe Elsewhere Express \u003c\/i\u003ewill carry you to the stars.\"--Molly O'Neill, author of \u003ci\u003eGreenteeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaya 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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? \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e★ \"A stunning, visual fever dream of a story akin to both the game \u003ci\u003eSpiritfarer\u003c\/i\u003e and Erin Morgenstern's \u003ci\u003eThe Starless Sea\u003c\/i\u003e--a character-driven tale wrapped in a sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio Ghibli-like chaos even as it comes with a well-organized passenger rulebook.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2025 pg. 56 (EAN 9780593725023, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/03\/2025 (EAN 9780593725023, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/01\/2025 (EAN 9780593725023, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496152695062,"sku":"9780593725023","price":39.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593725023.jpg?v=1783054178","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-elsewhere-express","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}