This book opens with a double suicide. 17 year old Wyatt's mother and father jump off different bridges within two hours of each other, for love and loss of the same woman. That seems like a really dark way to start a novel, right? Well, it is a dark story, but it's also full of warmth and humor...kind of like real life. This is the story of Wyatt Hillyer, his life, his loves and his losses and it's as revealing for what it leaves out as much as what the author chooses to put in. It's a war story, a crime novel, a love story. I thoroughly enjoyed it but I can't recommend it to everyone. You have to have a slight taste for the macabre and a willingness to stick with a big story told in a very personal way.
Kim F
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