How to Bury Your Brother

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' This is a book, and an author, who will grab your heart and not let go even after the very last page. ' - Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author Her brother' s letters reveal everything - if only he' d written one to her. . . After Alice' s older brother runs away at fifteen, the next she hears of him is that he' s dead. Eight years after the funeral, Alice cleans out her childhood home in Georgia only to find her brother' s autopsy report showing the many lies behind his death. She also discovers sealed, addressed letters he wrote shortly before he died. In a search for the truth, Alice delivers the letters to his closest friends, lovers, and enemies, each letter daring her to finally open her eyes to her family' s dark past and her own role in it. But it' s the last letter that takes Alice to her brother' s final home in New Orleans, and it will force her to choose if she' ll let the secrets break her or finally bring her home. ' . . . Lindsey Rogers Cook has penned a deeply felt novel that unspools the threads of secrets long-buried beneath the seemingly sunny surface of one Southern family. Readers will find themselves immersed in Alice' s quest, and rooting for her to discover the real meaning of home. ' - Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author ' Lindsey Rogers Cook has blessed us with this penetrating, page-turning mystery about that greatest mystery of all: family. How To Bury Your Brother is a deeply wise book about the secrets that families keep, about the dysfunctions that grumble just beneath the surface. A profoundly honest and insightful and beautiful novel. ' - Nathan Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Nix' Brilliantly plotted and beautifully written, How to Bury Your Brother questions how well we really know the people we love-and whether it' s ever too late to learn the truth. An unforgettable debut. ' - Kristy Woodson Harvey, bestselling author of Slightly South of Simple' How to Bury your Brother explores what happens when a lifetime of secrets pushes one woman to the breaking point. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, Alice' s journey to find the truth about her brother' s death uncovers more about her family - and about herself- than she ever bargained for. A must-read. ' - Haley Harrigan, author of Secrets of Southern Girls