This Bright River: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Nothing short of extraordinary. Somerville has a gift for writing gorgeous prose, complete with sharp humor and a perfect sense of place. Addictive, amazing, unforgettable.”

  — J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Maine

• “If there’s a middle ground between the pot-boiling, page-turning mystery and the novel of big ideas, Patrick Somerville has found…A serious literary tragedy of errors that also tells a gripping story.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “Part love story, part murder mystery, part meditation on violence, part exploration of what home can and should mean…Exquisitely wry and thought-provoking.”

  — O, The Oprah Magazine

• “The chapters don’t roll forward so much as fit together like puzzle pieces. But Mr. Somerville—who has something of the roadside-diner raconteur about him—makes the approach work on the strength of his writing voice. It possesses a sneaky ease and charm that masks the story’s building menace.”

  — Wall Street Journal

• “A remarkable achievement…a stellar, bruising book about how place forms character and our capacity to transform ourselves.”

  — Chicago Tribune

• “A love story, murder mystery, family drama, and engaging puzzle…Compelling.”

  — Minneapolis Star-Tribune

• “Somerville has a gift for spurring dialogue, and the meandering narrative tributaries he explores stoke our curiosity and build suspense as he crosses the wilderness of madness and bloodshed, lies and loyalty, courage and love in this by turns rolling and raging river of a novel.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Richly funny, engrossing, and humane…This is a literary novel for readers who want to be simultaneously caught up in a story and impressed by the author’s copious craft and skill.”

  — Library Journal

• “A provoking book: The reader will not escape untouched.”

  — Kirkus Reviews