You Came Back: A Novel

Coake, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 1619690950 ISBN 13: 9781619690950

Publisher: Hachette Audio, 2012

Thirty-something midwesterner Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved past the accidental death of his young son Brendan, as well as his subsequent divorce from his college sweetheart Chloe. He's successful, he's in love again, and he believes he's mastered his own memories.

But then he is contacted by a strange woman who tells him not only that she owns his old house, but that she believes it to be haunted by Brendan's ghost. Will Mark--who does not believe in ghosts--come to accept the mounting evidence that Brendan's is real? Will his engagement to his new love Allison be threatened by the reappearance in Mark's life of Chloe--who does believe? If the ghost is real, what can these two wounded parents do to help their son?

YOU CAME BACK examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms--not only belief in the supernatural, but in the love that binds parents and children, husbands and wives.

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Thirty-something Mark Fife believes he has successfully moved on from the accidental death of his young son Brendan and the subsequent break up of his marriage to Chloe. He still has disturbing dreams occasionally, but he's in love again, with a fine woman called Alison, his job is going well, and he believes he has mastered his memories.

But then the current owner of Mark's old house claims that it's haunted by Brendan's ghost, and the old nightmares return, bringing some persistent questions with them. Has Brendan truly gone, or is he searching for Mark and Chloe's help? What would it mean to believe in a ghost? How will Alison react with Chloe back in his life? And who does he truly love?

You Came Back is a heartstopping novel which examines the beauty and danger of belief in all its forms, not only in the supernatural but in the values and beliefs which bind parents and children and lovers together.

You Came Back is Christopher Coake's first novel. On the basis of his book of stories We're in Trouble,
published by Penguin to great acclaim, he was named by Granta magazine as one of America's best young writers. A native of Ohio, he now lives in Reno, Nevada.

About the Author:

Christopher Coake is the author of WE'RE IN TROUBLE, which was chosen for the PEN/Bingham Award of 2005. In addition, Coake was among "Granta's Best of Young American Novelists" in 2007. His stories have been published in several literary journals. A native Hoosier, he received his M.F.A. in fiction from Ohio State University. He now lives in Reno, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada.

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