<![CDATA[River of Heaven: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[River of Heaven: A Novel]]> 2720543 3 “You have to know the rest of my story, the part I can’t yet bring myself to say. A story of a boy I knew a long time ago and a brother I loved and then lost.” Past and present collide in Lee Martin’s highly anticipated novel of a man, his brother, and the dark secret that both connects and divides them. Haunting and beautifully wrought, River of Heaven weaves a story of love and loss, confession and redemption, and the mystery buried with a boy named Dewey Finn. On an April evening in 1955, Dewey died on the railroad tracks outside Mt. Gilead, Illinois, and the mystery of his death still confounds the people of this small town. River of Heaven begins some fifty years later and centers on the story of Dewey’s boyhood friend Sam Brady, whose solitary adult life is much formed by what really went on in the days leading up to that evening at the tracks. It’s a story he’d do anything to keep from telling, but when his brother, Cal, returns to Mt. Gilead after decades of self-exile, it threatens to come to the surface. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Bright Forever, Lee Martin masterfully conveys, with a voice that is at once distinct and lyrical, one man’s struggle to come to terms with the outcome of his life. Powerful and captivating, River of Heaven is about the high cost of living a lie, the chains that bind us to our past, and the obligations we have to those we love. 2746139 15 4 2008 River of Heaven: A Novel total:94|5:22|4:39|3:27|2:6|1:0| 94 359 190 40 4 1 false false Fri Feb 27 10:42:34 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 17:06:28 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:42:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 12 13:36:33 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 13:39:34 -0700 2008
River of Heaven is a bittersweet, moving novel about loneliness, forgiveness and how we touch each others lives without ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 13 00:41:45 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 00:43:22 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 16:56:18 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:16:24 -0700 2009
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The main thing is, it was told in first person. Now, I admit that I'm already biased because generally speaking, I don't care for first-person n...more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 17 16:19:17 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 17:17:24 -0800 2008
A story about loneliness, growing old, and how guilt can shape a life. It's also about the simple joys of friendship and family, and seeking redemption.

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