false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170527622m/58920.jpg 58919 6 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 some library books.<br><br>This simple act is at the heart of <i>The Bright Forever</i>, a suspenseful, deeply affecting novel about the choices people make that change their lives forever. Keeping fact, speculation, and contradiction playing off one another as the details unfold, author Lee Martin creates a fast-paced story that is as gripping as it is richly human. His beautiful, clear-eyed prose builds to an extremely nuanced portrayal of the complicated give and take among people struggling to maintain their humanity in the shadow of a loss.<br><br>Reminiscent of books such as<i> The Little Friend </i>and <i>The Lovely Bones</i>, but most memorable for its own perceptions and power,<i> The Bright Forever</i> is a compelling and emotional tale about the human need to know even the hardest truth. <br><br>A Featured Alternate of the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and Book-of-the-Month Club<br><br>Also available as a Books on Tape AudioBook and an eBook 57366 2005 The Bright Forever: A Novel total:1110|5:153|4:355|3:424|2:141|1:37| 1110 3776 1569 268 5 2 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun May 13 11:03:25 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 07:42:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 01 17:16:02 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 12 08:57:38 -0800 2007 4 1 false false Thu Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 10:44:21 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 13:30:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 31 22:58:43 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 23:02:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 17:38:45 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 17:46:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 29 07:41:11 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 07:04:46 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 11:23:53 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 11:33:48 -0700 2007
When the prime suspect in Katie's disappearance won't talk, the family feels a power...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri May 22 09:23:35 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 10:24:17 -0700 2009
I have very mixed feelings about this book. First and foremost, had this not been assigned for class, I would have t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:43:57 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:48:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 10:38:46 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:21:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Aug 04 04:24:42 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:06:15 -0700 2009 The Bright Forever is a novel of small details and giant events, an honest-to-God page-turner, and a notable achievement. His economical use of plain language and his focus on revisited details help the novel to read, in some sense, like a short story. That is, there is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 06:49:59 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 04:36:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 07:37:28 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 07:03:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Mar 27 15:45:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 15:49:30 -0700 2008



This book was absolutely horrible. The storyline was disgusting and reminiscent of the Jon Benet Ramsey media story. I found the story repulsive and sickening. It reminded me of The Lovely Bones but that was much better written.]]> 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon May 12 19:34:56 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 19:36:54 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Thu Sep 17 12:08:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 12:16:03 -0700 2009 The Lovely Bones, but not nearly as good. I found the writing slow and repetitive, and a lot of what happens strains credulity. I just didn't think people w...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 22 18:03:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 18:05:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 20:32:44 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 20:33:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:44:03 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 14:00:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 18:00:17 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:00:36 -0700 2009
You have empathy for all the characters. And the teacher is writte...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=58920