“Wetherall has written a luminous memoir that no one who reads it will soon forget.”
—The Washington Post
A memoir of growing up on the run—and what happens when it comes to a stop.
One of LitHub's 20 Books You Should Read This April • One of Bustle's "11 new memoirs everyone will be talking about this spring" •One of PureWow's "20 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018" and "Books to Read in April" • One of InStyleUK's "Best New Books to Read in 2018" • •ONE OF BOOK RIOT’S “9 RIVETING MEMOIRS ABOUT CRIME FAMILIES”
Tyler had lived in thirteen houses and five countries by the time she was nine. She never questioned her strange upbringing, that is, until Scotland Yard showed up outside her English countryside home, and she discovered her family had been living a lie: Her father was a fugitive and her name was not her own.
In California, ten years earlier, her father’s criminal organization first came to the FBI’s attention. Soon after her parents were forced on the run taking their three young children with them, and they spent the following years fleeing through Europe, assuming different identities and hiding out in a series of far-flung places. Now her father was attempting one final escape―except this time, he couldn’t take her with him.
In this emotionally compelling and gripping memoir, Tyler Wetherall brings to life her fugitive childhood, following the threads that tie a family together through hardship, from her parents’ first meeting in 1960s New York to her present life as a restless writer unpacking the secrets of her past. No Way Home is about love, loss, and learning to tell the story of our lives.
"Revealing and emotionally nuanced, Wetherall's book probes the dark underside of family relationships to uncover the meaning of acceptance and forgiveness. A compassionate memoir of self-discovery."
—Kirkus Reviews
"A searing and heart-wrenching coming-of-age memoir...Wetherall is a beautiful writer, but what makes this memoir so unique is her ability to seamlessly blend a propulsive tale of buried secrets and familial betrayal with a tender father-daughter story about the difficult road to, and power of, forgiveness."
—LitHub
"In this searing memoir about love, loss, lies, and growing up on the run, Tyler Wetherall recounts her childhood experience being the daughter of a fugitive who spent years hiding himself and his family from the authorities. Fascinating and altogether moving, No Way Home is an unforgettable page-turner that proves the truth really is stranger than fiction."
—Bustle
"Wonderfully suspenseful and an unexpected page-turner, this story of an immensely likable family under an incredible strain will stay with readers."
