Ancient Oceans Of Central Kentucky
by David Connerley Nahm
Buy on Amazon"Leah's little brother, Jacob, disappeared when the pair were younger, a tragedy that haunts her still. When a grown man arrives at the non-profit Leah directs claiming to be Jacob, she is wrenched back to her childhood, an iridescent tableau of family joy and strife, swimming at the lake, sneaking candy, late-night fears and the stories told to quell them" --
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"The story of a Kentucky woman coming to terms with her haunted childhood and the disappearance of her little brother, David Connerley Nahm’s debut is unconventional, impressionistic and suffused with deeply poetic language. It’s not sufficient to call Nahm’s novel a book about memory and loss, although he explores those themes gracefully and insightfully. This is a heartbreaking story about real people enduring unspeakable pain, two siblings who “were rippling reflections of one another” — one who’s gone, and one who almost is."
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