Book description
A dark, harrowing novel about a nine-year-old girl's disappearance and the lasting impact it has on her close-knit community
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…
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1 author picked The Bright Forever as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I left everything undone to finish reading The Bright Forever by Lee Martin.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel recounts the abduction and murder of a nine-year-old girl in a Midwest town during the 1970s; rather than a formula who-done-it, with familiar characters and storyline, this book explores the disorder created in the lives of the victim’s family and neighbors.
The investigation reveals not only the identity of the murderer but secrets of the entire town.
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