Bent Road

by Lori Roy

Book Overview

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel

"Don't be fooled by the novel's apparent simplicity: What emerges from the surface is a tale of extraordinary emotional power, one of longstanding pain set against the pulsating drumbeat of social change."
-Sarah Weinman, NPR.org

For twenty years, Celia Scott has watched her husband, Arthur, hide from the secrets surrounding his sister Eve's death. But when the 1967 Detroit riots frighten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452297591
• ISBN13: 9780452297593
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher