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This Bright River

A Novel

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By Patrick Somerville

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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.

  • PRAISE FOR THIS BRIGHT RIVER:

    "Serpentine and hypnotic, This Bright River depicts two vivid characters knocked hard by life, on a perilous journey that reveals the weight and pull of family history. The result is a novel that is both intimate and mysterious, harrowing and brave."
    Megan Abbott, author of The End of Everything and Dare Me
  • "This Bright River is a flood of virtuoso prose and characterization. Mystery, memory, pain, and a courageous strand of love are interwoven in a riveting narrative of voices, all singing, all merging into the singular vision of one of American literature's young masters."
    Nic Pizzolatto, author of Galveston
  • "This Bright River is nothing short of extraordinary. Somerville has a gift for writing gorgeous prose, complete with sharp humor and a perfect sense of place. But that's only half the story. There's also a great romance here and a shocking set of mysteries that get untangled along the way. Addictive, amazing, unforgettable."
    J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of Maine

On Sale
Jun 26, 2012
Page Count
464 pages
ISBN-13
9780316203067

Patrick Somerville

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. He is also a writer and producer on HBO’s acclaimed drama series The Leftovers. He lives with his wife three children in Los Angeles.

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