This Bright River: A Novel - Softcover

Somerville, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316129305 ISBN 13: 9780316129305

Publisher: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 2013

Synopsis

From a writer and producer of HBO's acclaimed apocalyptic drama series The Leftovers, comes a compelling story of young love and old secrets.

Ben Hanson's aimless life has bottomed out after a series of bad decisions, but an unexpected offer from his father draws him home to Wisconsin. There, he finds his family fractured, still reeling from his cousin's mysterious death a decade earlier.

Lauren Sheehan abandoned her career in medicine after a series of violent events abroad. Now she's back in the safest place she knows -- the same small Wisconsin town where she and Ben grew up -- hiding from a world that has only brought her heartache.

As Lauren cautiously expands her horizons and Ben tries to unravel his family's dark secrets, their paths intersect. Could each be exactly what the other needs?

A compelling family drama and a surprising love story, This Bright River is the work of a natural storyteller, one whose dark humor and piercing intelligence provide constant, lasting delights.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Somerville is the author of two novels--This Bright River and The Cradle--and two books of short stories--Trouble and The Universe in Miniature in Miniature. He is also a writer and producer on HBO's acclaimed drama series The Leftovers. He lives with his wife and son in Chicago, and he teaches creative writing in the MFA programs at Warren Wilson and Northwestern University.

Review:

Ingenious, dark, thrilling and heartbreaking, THIS BRIGHT RIVER contains prose that will tempt you to linger on the page and a plot that simply won't let you. Just fantastic. - Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl

About this edition

• Publisher: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316129305
• ISBN 13: 9780316129305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 481