WAIT FOR ME is #ReadwithJenna’s March Book Club Pick!

WAIT FOR ME by Amy Jo Burns is #ReadwithJenna’s March 2026 Book Club Pick!

Young folk singer Elle Harlow reaches the height of her prowess in 1973, with two wildly beloved albums to her name and a hidden history of impossible heartbreak. When she sets foot on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage, a far cry from the mountain that raised her, Elle gives the biggest performance of her life. Then, to the dismay of shocked fans, her producer, and the man who still loves her, she vanishes.

Almost two decades later, eighteen-year-old Marijohn Shaw is spending her summer pumping gas, writing songs on her broken mandolin, and longing for a mother. Her father, Abe, has always sworn he was the last person to see Elle Harlow alive, but when a meteor strikes the woods of their sleepy Pennsylvania town and a piece of Elle’s past emerges from the wreckage, the truth of her disappearance sets fire to everything Marijohn believes about herself, her music, and her ability to love with abandon.

WAIT FOR ME exalts the lush hills of Appalachia and the bright lights of Nashville as it reveals the legacy of Elle Harlow, the bold voice that defined her, the intimate betrayal that undid her, and the unexpected faith of another young woman determined to resurrect her.

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“[An} emotional mystery about what connects us.”—Jenna Bush Hager, The Today Show‘s #ReadwithJenna

“Weaving together themes of artistic sacrifice, heartbreak, and the power of familial legacy, Burns captures rural Appalachia and Nashville’s country music scene in vivid detail. Fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s DAISY JONES & THE SIX (2019) and Kristin Hannah’s THE WOMEN (2024) will find themselves captivated by this multigenerational story.”—Booklist