The Bright Forever
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books and never returns. Katie's disappearance is at the heart of this suspenseful, deeply affecting novel about the life-altering choices people make. Keeping fact, speculation, and contradiction playing off one another as the details unfold, Lee Martin creates a fast-paced story that is as gripping as it is richly human. His beautiful, clear-eyed prose builds to a nuanced portrayal of the complicated give and take among people struggling to maintain their humanity in the shadow of immense loss.