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“Jacob was time out of sync, time more perfect than it had been. He was life the way it was supposed to be all those years ago. That’s what all the Returned were.”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.
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'Fantastically readable' - The Times
'It will...make you question what it means to be human and what you'd do in a similar situation' - The Sun
'Gripping' - Shortlist
'Get in early before the hype begins' - Star Magazine
'Mott tackles some big themes here, especially the vagaries of spirituality, and scores with one of the most emotionally resonant works in many seasons' - --Essence Magazine
'The Returned transforms a brilliant premise into an extraordinary and beautifully realized novel. My spine is still shivering from the memory of this haunting story. Wow.' --Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Monster of Florence
'A deft meditation on loss that plays out levels of consequence on both personal and international stages. Mott allows the magic of his story to unearth a full range of feelings about grief and connection.' - Aimee Bender, New York Times bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
'When a novel is about people returning from the dead, you might expect it to be macabre, gruesome or jokey. The Returned is, instead, a wondrous surprise. 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.
And after you have stayed up all night reading this remarkable debut, you, too, will be left with the questions: What would you do if a long-dead loved one appeared at your door step?
Surely this will spark many a fabulous book club discussion.' --Eowyn Ivey, Author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child
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'It will...make you question what it means to be human and what you'd do in a similar situation' - The Sun
'Gripping' - Shortlist
'Get in early before the hype begins' - Star Magazine
'Mott tackles some big themes here, especially the vagaries of spirituality, and scores with one of the most emotionally resonant works in many seasons' - --Essence Magazine
'The Returned transforms a brilliant premise into an extraordinary and beautifully realized novel. My spine is still shivering from the memory of this haunting story. Wow.' --Douglas Preston, #1 bestselling author of The Monster of Florence
'A deft meditation on loss that plays out levels of consequence on both personal and international stages. Mott allows the magic of his story to unearth a full range of feelings about grief and connection.' - Aimee Bender, New York Times bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
'When a novel is about people returning from the dead, you might expect it to be macabre, gruesome or jokey. The Returned is, instead, a wondrous surprise. 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.
And after you have stayed up all night reading this remarkable debut, you, too, will be left with the questions: What would you do if a long-dead loved one appeared at your door step?
Surely this will spark many a fabulous book club discussion.' --Eowyn Ivey, Author of the New York Times bestseller The Snow Child
Jason Mott holds a BA in fiction and an MFA in poetry and is the author of two poetry collections. His writing has appeared in numerous literary journals, and he was nominated for the 2009 Pushcart Prize. Jason lives in North Carolina.
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- PublisherBrilliance Audio Lib Edn
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1480529893
- ISBN 13 9781480529892
- BindingAudio CD
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