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Bent Road
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LENGTH9 hrs and 22 mins
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RELEASE DATE03-31-11
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
For 20 years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the secrets surrounding his sister Eve’s death. As a young man, Arthur fled his small Kansas hometown, moved to Detroit, married Celia, and never looked back. But when the 1967 riots frighten him even more than his past, he convinces Celia to pack up their family and return to the road he grew up on, Bent Road, and that same small town where Eve mysteriously died.
While Arthur and their oldest daughter slip easily into rural life, Celia and the two younger children struggle to fit in. Daniel, the only son, is counting on Kansas to make a man of him, since Detroit sure didn’t. Evie, the youngest and small for her age, hopes that in Kansas she will finally grow. Celia grapples with loneliness and the brutality of life and death on a farm.
And then a local girl disappears, catapulting the family headlong into a dead man’s curve.
On Bent Road, a battered red truck cruises ominously along the prairie; a lonely little girl dresses in her dead aunt’s clothes; a boy hefts his father’s rifle in search of a target; a mother realizes she no longer knows how to protect her children. It is a place where people learn that sometimes killing is the kindest way.
©2011 Lori Roy (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
What the Critics Say
“Bent Road is a remarkably assured debut novel. Rich and evocative, Lori Roy’s voice is a welcome addition to American fiction.” (Dennis Lehane, New York Times best-selling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island)
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"Great writing--not great story!!"
This book was a conundrum for me. I read it because it won the Edgar award for the best first novel. Unfortunately, I felt it was more a statement on legalized abortions rather than a true mystery. Fortunately, the writing was descriptive and creative; unfortunately, I did not like---more like actively disliked---all the characters, even the children. This story was a lesson in bigotry, ignorance, meanness, and hatred. Hopefully, this talented author will choose a different storyline, with a few like able characters in her next book----fore, with this talent there needs to be many more future books!!!
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Mary Chapel Hill, NC, United States 10-31-12 Member Since 2007
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"A Good Listen"
This book crept up on me until I was quite engaged. Much more of a psychological portrait of a midwestern community than a murder mystery. The author did a good job of writing from multiple points of view. The climax goes on and on and on... I'm surprised that this book won an Edgar but I look forward to more novels from Roy.
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Lois INDIANAPOLIS, IN, United States 10-26-12 Member Since 2009
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"Every Family Has Secrets"
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?Yes for the story which was interesting and moved along. The characters were interesting and grew as the story went on. It does take a ferw minutes to really get in to the story. Don't give up!! But I would say No I would not recommend because of the amount of profanity.
What did you like best about this story?The son and how he grew in size and understanding.
Which scene was your favorite?The end of the story.
If you could rename Bent Road, what would you call it?Every Family Has Secrets
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"I couldnt finish it"
I guess Kansas gothic is not my thing- Southern Gothic I love, but I couldn't relate to the characters- didn't like the setting
Very depressing
narrator very dead-pan- which probably works well for this story, but I just didn't like the story1 of 1 people found this review helpful