Embark on a magical journey in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Water Moon – perfect for fans of Spirited Away, Dallergut Dream Department Store and The Starless Sea. This first edition hardback features interactive endpapers with a scene you can colour in - available while stocks last!\'Wondrous and wonderful, lovely and tender, The Elsewhere Express is a lyrical feast for the imagination!\' —Sarah Beth Durst, Sunday Times bestselling author of The SpellshopRaya is a lost soul, going through the motions of life without a dream of her own. One night, on her subway ride home, Raya’s thoughts wander too far.She wakes on the Elsewhere Express, a magical train that offers its passengers a sense of purpose, peace, and belonging. The journey is a chance for Raya to reimagine her life – but only if she finds her compartment before time runs out. Once aboard, Raya meets an intriguing artist named Q and together they race to find their place on the train, through a boarding car carpeted in meadow grass and along a dining carriage where passengers picnic on lilypads.But a mysterious stowaway has boarded with them, and with it a dark, malignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. The closer Raya comes to uncovering the stowaway\'s identity, the nearer she draws to the ultimate question:What is her life\'s true purpose – and is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to?Praise for The Elsewhere Express\'A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after grief, The Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.\'—Molly O\'Neill, author of Greenteeth\'This book had me sobbing on the beach. I couldn\'t turn the pages fast enough.The Elsewhere Express is a gorgeous story about finding your place somewhere in between two great inevitabilities: love, and loss.\'--Sydney J. Shields, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Honey Witch\'The Elsewhere Express reads like a Ghibli movie. I loved following these deeply hurt, broken, and lost characters on this Alice-in-Wonderland-esque adventure with a Miyazaki flair.Its musical prose, vast imagination, and exploratory storytelling will spirit you away.\'--Charlie N. Holmberg, bestselling author of the Whimbrel House series\'With its poetic, descriptive prose, The Elsewhere Express 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.\'--J.Penner, Author of A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic\'\'The Elsewhere Express is nothing short of exquisite.