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"A remarkably assured debut novel. Rich and evocative, Lori Roy's voice is a welcome addition to American fiction." -Dennis Lehane

For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the secrets surrounding his sister Eve's death. As a young man, Arthur fled... read more

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For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the
secrets surrounding his sister Eve’s death. As a young man, Arthur fled his small
Kansas hometown, moved to Detroit, married Celia, and never looked back. But
when the 1967 riots frighten him even more... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the
secrets surrounding his sister Eve’s death. As a young man, Arthur fled his small
Kansas hometown, moved to Detroit, married Celia, and never looked back. But
when the 1967 riots frighten him even more than his past, he convinces Celia to
pack up their family and return to the road he grew up on, Bent Road, and that
same small town where Eve mysteriously died.

While Arthur and their oldest daughter slip easily into rural life, Celia and the two
younger children struggle to fit in. Daniel, the only son, is counting on Kansas to
make a man of him since Detroit damn sure didn’t. Evie, the youngest and small for
her age, hopes that in Kansas she will finally grow. Celia grapples with loneliness
and the brutality of life and death on a farm.

And then a local girl disappears, catapulting the family headlong into a dead man’s
curve. . . .

On Bent Road, a battered red truck cruises ominously along the prairie; a lonely
little girl dresses in her dead aunt’s clothes; a boy hefts his father’s rifle in search of
a target; a mother realizes she no longer knows how to protect her children. It is a
place where people learn: Sometimes killing is the kindest way.

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Celia squeezes the steering wheel and squints into the darkness.

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  1. Lori Roy (Author)

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