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The Bright Forever
Lee Martin. Shaye Areheart Books: 2005 (hardcover). ISBN: 0307238164. 288 pages.
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Kent Haruf, author of Plainsong and Eventide, says “Lee Martin’s The Bright Forever goes deep into the mystery of being alive on this earth. Written in the clearest prose, working back and forth over its complex story, and told in the dark, desperate, vivid voices of its various speakers, it holds you spellbound to the end, to its final, sad revelations.”
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books.
This simple act is at the heart of The Bright Forever, a suspenseful, deeply affecting novel about the choices people make that change their lives forever.
Comparisons have been made between The Bright Forever and The Lovely Bones. Yes, it's true that both novels are hauntingly, beautifully told and explore how members of small towns deal with loss. What makes this novel astounding is the way our allegiances shift as we read, the way the narrator demands our compassion for each character, no matter how flawed (or how creepy, in the case of the unforgettable Mr. Dees). Oh, and did we mention the story rips right down the page? We literally could not put this book down until we finished it.
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