Everything We Lost: A Novel - Softcover

Geary, Valerie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062566423 ISBN 13: 9780062566423

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2017

Synopsis

Lucy Durant was only fourteen-years-old when she lost her older brother. First to his paranoid delusions as he became increasingly obsessed with UFOs and government conspiracies. Then, permanently, when he walked into the desert outside Bishop, California, and never returned.

Now on the tenth anniversary of Nolan's mysterious disappearance, Lucy is still struggling with guilt and confusion--her memories from that period are blurry and obscured by time, distance, and alcohol. Now an adult, she's stuck in a holding pattern, hiding out at her father's house, avoiding people, and doing whatever she can to keep herself from thinking about Nolan. But when a series of unsettling events leads Lucy back to Bishop, she is forced to reconcile with her estranged mother and come to terms with the tangled memories of her past to discover what really happened to her brother all those years ago. 
Told in Lucy and Nolan's alternating voices, Everything We Lost is a psychological mystery exploring family, beliefs, obsessions, the nature of memory, and fear of the unknown--a haunting, compelling story that will resonate with readers long after the last page is turned.

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From the Back Cover:

From the critically acclaimed author of Crooked River comes a fascinating novel about a young woman searching for answers about her brother’s long-ago disappearance

Lucy Durant was only fourteen years old when she lost her older brother, Nolan. First to his paranoid delusions as he became increasingly obsessed with UFOs and government conspiracies. Then, permanently, to the wilderness outside Bishop, California, when he walked into the desert and never returned.

On the tenth anniversary of Nolan’s mysterious disappearance, Lucy is still struggling with guilt and confusion—her memories from that period are blurry and obscured by time, distance, and alcohol. An adult now, she’s stuck in a holding pattern, hiding out at her father’s house, avoiding people, and doing whatever she can to keep herself from thinking about Nolan. But when a series of unsettling events leads Lucy back to Bishop, she is forced to reconcile with her estranged mother and come to terms with the tangled memories of her past to discover what really happened to her brother all those years ago.

Told in Lucy’s and Nolan’s alternating voices, Everything We Lost is a psychological mystery exploring family, beliefs, obsessions, the nature of memory, and fear of the unknown.

About the Author:

Valerie Geary is the author of Crooked River, a finalist for the Ken Kesey Award. Her short stories have been published in The Rumpus and Day One. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her family.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062566423
• ISBN 13: 9780062566423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480