The No. 1 Bestseller from Germany – based on a true story! A story of true love …
SO NEAR THE HORIZON
by Jessica Koch
Genre: NA Contemporary (based on a true story)
Release Date: September 6th 2017
Seventeen-year-old Jessica has an uncomplicated life and a promising future. Leaving the house one evening, she has no idea that she’s about to meet the love of her life – or that her entire understanding of the world is about to change. And before long, she’s going to face a decision that will shape her forever…In ‘So Near the Horizon’ Jessica Koch describes a life lived somewhere between hope and fear, confronting true events from her own past with raw honesty and frank reflection – and exploring more than one difficult subject along the way.
A story of deep love. A story of trust, courage, pain, despair, and the strength to let go. A true story.
We were the weirdest little group in the world, but we were happy. Maybe we were
naive, too, because none of us would ever have guessed that this would be our
last summer together. If anyone had told us that, we’d have stared at them in
disbelief, and then probably laughed in their face. At least, I think so. I
should have just listened to Danny more carefully—what he said to me in Italy
turned out to be true. His intuition was remarkable, and his gut never lied to
him. But even considering all that, we’d never have imagined the circumstances
that ended up separating us.
Jessica Koch (born in Ludwigsburg, Germany) began writing short stories when she was still in high school, but never submitted her work to publishers. In late 1999, shortly after beginning her studies to become an architectural drafter, she met Danny, a German-American dual national. Her experiences with him eventually formed the basis for So Near the Horizon, though it was nearly thirteen years before she felt ready to bring the manuscript to the public.
The author describes a life lived somewhere between hope and fear, between optimism and despair. She reflects on events from her own past with raw honesty, confronting more than one difficult subject along the way.
Jessica Koch lives near the city of Heilbronn with her husband, their son, and two dogs. The second and third books in the trilogy, So Near the Abyss and So Near the Ocean, are already best-sellers in Germany as well.