Overview:
Jason Mott’s THE RETURNED, launched on August 27 by Harlequin MIRA has garnered great reviews among well-known media outlets. Here is a sneak peak of the buzz that the book is creating.
Librarians across the country picked THE RETURNED as one of their “LibraryReads Top Ten Books” for September 2013. This inaugural list from the LibraryReads organization is designed to help connect librarians’ favorite books to as many readers as possible. And to showcase the incredible power that public library staff has in helping to build word-of-mouth for new books, and the important role libraries play in creating audiences for all kinds of authors.
A debut novel by Jason Mott delivers both the haunting exploration of a world where nothing—not even death—is certain, and the moving tale of a family given a second chance at life.
Harold and Lucille Hargrave’s lives have been both joyful and sorrowful in the decades since their only son, Jacob, died tragically at his eighth birthday party in 1966. In their old age they’ve settled comfortably into life without him, their wounds tempered through the grace of time…. Until one day Jacob mysteriously appears on their doorstep—flesh and blood, their sweet, precocious child, still eight years old.
All over the world people’s loved ones are returning from beyond. No one knows how or why this is happening, whether it’s a miracle or a sign of the end. Not even Harold and Lucille can agree on whether the boy is real or a wondrous imitation, but one thing they know for sure: he’s their son. As chaos erupts around the globe, the newly reunited Hargrave family finds itself at the center of a community on the brink of collapse, forced to navigate a mysterious new reality and a conflict that threatens to unravel the very meaning of what it is to be human.
With spare, elegant prose and searing emotional depth, award-winning poet Jason Mott explores timeless questions of faith and morality, love and responsibility. A spellbinding and stunning debut, THE RETURNED is an unforgettable story that marks the arrival of an important new voice in contemporary fiction.
Don’t forget to read this emotional mind thrilling book TODAY!
“A masterly first novel for Mott…Highly recommended for those who love a strong story that makes them think.” ―Library Journal, starred review
“Mott brings a singularly eloquent voice to this elegiac novel.”―Booklist, starred review
“While the book is a crackling page-turner, what will move you is Mott’s emotional delicacy”-Helen Rogan- September Edition, PEOPLE
“THE RETURNED pulses with life”-Entertainment Weekly
“Brilliant! An homage to Saramago….It’s almost as if Saramago himself has returned to give us one last novel, which happens, paradoxically, to be Jason Mott’s first,”- Alan Cheuse-Boston Sunday Globe
“THE RETURNED marks Jason Mott as a major new talent, of which much will be expected”- Ben Steelman; Wilmington Star News
“Jason Mott scores big with debut novel THE RETURNED”- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"With fine craftsmanship and a deep understanding of the human condition, Jason Mott has woven a tale that is in turns tragic and humorous and terrifying.' (Eowyn Ivey, Author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child)"
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And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their
Fellow Men!
As always, thank you Mr. Donne
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