From "master storyteller"* John Shors, bestselling author of Beneath a Marble Sky , comes a remarkable novel about a father and daughter on a life-changing journey they never intended to take....

Almost a year after the death of his wife, Kate, former high-tech executive Ian finds a letter that will change his life. It contains Kate's final wish-a plea for him to take their ten-year-old daughter, Mattie, on a trip across Asia, through the countries they had planned to visit to celebrate their fifteenth anniversary.

Eager to honor the woman they loved, Ian and Mattie embark on an epic journey that retraces the early days of Ian's relationship with Kate. Along the way, Ian and Mattie leave paper "wishes" in ancient trees as symbols of their connection to Kate and their dreams for the future. Through incredible landscapes and inspiring people, Ian and Mattie are greeted with miracles large and small. And as they celebrate what Kate meant to them, they begin to find their way back to each other, discovering that healing is possible and love endures-lessons that Kate hoped to show them all along...

約翰∙肖爾斯。曾在日本京都做過多年英語教師。後長途跋涉穿越瞭亞洲，走過瞭10個國傢，還攀登瞭喜馬拉雅山。迴到美國之後，他在他的傢鄉艾奧瓦州成為瞭一名新聞記者，獲得瞭幾個全國性的記者奬項。此後創辦底層傳媒（GroundFloor Media）——現在是全美最大的公共關係公司之一。目前的約翰是一名全職的小說傢，他的前三部小說《大理石天空下》，《燃燒的海邊》，《龍屋》被翻譯成25種語言齣版。與《許願樹》中的伊恩一樣，約翰最終領悟到在高速運轉的社會裏，尋求內心的寜靜與充實，比忙碌地追逐利益要重要得多。他很享受目前的寫作和旅遊生活，並且緻力於以文字來給與人們心靈治愈的力量。