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Bezig met laden... The Distant Deaddoor Heather Young
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  rabbit-stew | Jun 26, 2022 |   "If Sal told that story it would become true, the way all stories do when they're told." (  ) overlycriticalelisa | Mar 14, 2022 | I read a review of The Distant Dead describing it as a slow burn, but I found it to be more of an annoying trickle. So much of the information and the characters in the book are not necessary, making it feel like the story was built on red herrings rather than an interesting plot. Each chapter is told from the perspective of either Sal, Nora, or Jake (who doesn't seem to have much to do with the story at all). Some chapters are told from a perspective that is unknown. In the end all of the characters are tragic and not very likable, making for a depressing series of events (  ) ftbooklover | Oct 12, 2021 |  ) FormerEnglishTeacher | May 12, 2021 | I also have to praise this book for being completely unlike other cliched mysteries I’ve read. As a reader you’re intrigued by the crime, yes, but yet you’re also invested in the other stories happening alongside the mystery. At times I even forgot the genre of this book. ( ) brookiexlicious | May 5, 2021 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Fiction.
Literature.
Mystery.
Western.
HTML: Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel * Nominated for the ITW Thriller Award for Best Young Adult Novel A BookPage Best Book of the Year * A People Magazine Best Book of Summer * A Parade Best Book of Summer * A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of Summer "Powerful...a breathtaking read, with flawed and authentic characters who hit so close to home that at times it is impossible not to root for them." â?? San Francisco Chronicle A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day's end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly unremarkable man, he connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. The two outcasts developed a tender, trusting friendship that brought each of them hope in the wake of tragedy. But it is Sal who finds Adam's body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles' compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school's social studies teacher, dreamed of a life far from Lovelock only to be dragged back on the eve of her college graduation to care for her disabled father, a man she loves but can't forgive. She sensed in the new math teacher a kindred spiritâ??another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After Adam's death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him and finds a dark history she understands all too well. But the truth about his murder may lie closer to home. For Sal Prentiss's grief seems heavily shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he's telling about how his favorite teacher died. As she tries to earn the wary boy's trust, she finds he holds not only the key to Adam's murder, but an unexpected chance at the life she thought she'd lost. Weaving together the last months of Adam's life, Nora's search for answers, and a young boy's anguished moral reckoning, this unforgettable thriller brings a small American town to vivid life, filled with complex, flawed characters wrestling with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
LibraryThing-AuteurHeather Young is een LibraryThing auteur: een auteur die zijn persoonlijke bibliotheek toont op LibraryThing. Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.88)
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I'd recommend this one to any fan of light horror or heavy mystery.
This is my second book by Heather Young. I'm going to read more of her books. She's talented. (