The Returned

The Returned

by Jason Mott
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/09/2013

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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.'


The lives of Harold and Lucille Hargrave had 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 centre 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.


'In his exceptional debut novel, poet Mott brings drama, pathos, joy, horror and redemption to a riveting tale.' – Publishers Weekly, starred review.


'White–hot debut.' – Entertainment Weekly.

ISBN:
9781743641156
9781743641156
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-09-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
MIRA
Jason Mott

Jason Mott has published three previous novels. His first novel, The Returned, was a New York Times bestseller and was turned into a TV series that ran for two seasons.

He has a BFA in Fiction and an MFA in Poetry, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His poetry and fiction have appeared in various literary journals.

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