When:
August
4th, 2015, 6-9 p.m. EST
Where: Moravian Book Store
The Secrets of Lake Road is a suspenseful women’s
fiction from St. Martin’s Press. I’ll be there and I hope to see you too. Karen
is a good friend of mine and a very talented author. I’ve had the opportunity to
read passages of this book and I’m so excited to see it in print! It’s an
amazing book and getting a lot of terrific press and reviews.
Blurb:
Jo has been hiding the truth about her role in
her high school boyfriend’s drowning for sixteen years. Every summer, she drops
her children off with her mother at the lakeside community where she spent
summers growing up, but cannot bear to stay herself; everything about the lake
reminds her of the guilt she feels. For her daughter Caroline, however, the
lake is a precious world apart; its familiarity and sameness comforts her every
year despite the changes in her life outside its bounds. At twelve years old
and caught between childhood and adolescence, she longs to win her mother’s
love and doesn’t understand why Jo keeps running away.
Then seven-year-old Sara Starr goes missing from the community beach. Rescue workers fail to uncover any sign of her—but instead dredge up the bones Jo hoped would never be discovered, shattering the quiet lakeside community’s tranquility. Caroline was one of the last people to see Sara alive on the beach, and feels responsible for her disappearance. She takes it upon herself to figure out what happened to the little girl. As Caroline searches for Sara, she uncovers the secrets her mother has been hiding, unraveling the very foundation of everything she knows about herself and her family in this riveting novel that is impossible to put down and hard to forget.
Then seven-year-old Sara Starr goes missing from the community beach. Rescue workers fail to uncover any sign of her—but instead dredge up the bones Jo hoped would never be discovered, shattering the quiet lakeside community’s tranquility. Caroline was one of the last people to see Sara alive on the beach, and feels responsible for her disappearance. She takes it upon herself to figure out what happened to the little girl. As Caroline searches for Sara, she uncovers the secrets her mother has been hiding, unraveling the very foundation of everything she knows about herself and her family in this riveting novel that is impossible to put down and hard to forget.
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REVIEWS:
“This beautiful, heartbreaking, and affecting debut, reminiscent
of the work of Heather Gudenkauf, will have readers craving more from Katchur.”
Library Journal starred review
"Karen Katchur's THE SECRETS OF LAKE ROAD gripped me with its
provocative opening sentence and held me in its spell until its final,
shattering revelations. This is a powerful thriller about buried secrets that
painfully resurface, innocence lost across the generations, and the terrible
price we pay for growing up and growing older. Karen Katchur knows how to write
and write well about ordinary people stretched to their limits. A suspenseful,
heartbreaking novel."
--David Bell, author of THE FORGOTTEN GIRL
“The rhythms of a summer community, the tensions of an unsolved
crime, and the thrumming undertow of adolescence come together in this
sparkling debut. Beautifully paced from captivating beginning to
satisfying end.”
--Kelly Simmons, author of STANDING STILL and THE BIRD HOUSE
"A lake’s murky depths hide past secrets in this unforgettable
debut. Karen Katchur deftly infuses a summer lake colony with nostalgia—damp
bathing suits, the bang of a cottage door, a pavilion jukebox playing old
songs. But this summer, no one goes into the water. Part tender coming-of-age,
part edge-of-your-seat suspense, THE SECRETS OF LAKE ROAD lured me in from its
opening pages. Pick up this book forewarned that you will do nothing else until
you finish reading it."
--Karen Brown author of THE LONGINGS OF WAYWARD GIRLS
"With chilling unease that keeps you turning pages, Katchur
deftly evokes the way youthful actions echo through our lives. Nostalgia
wrestles tragedy in this haunting tale."
--Kathryn Craft, author of THE ART OF FALLING and THE FAR END OF HAPPY
“At once gripping and evocative, THE SECRETS OF LAKE ROAD conjures
childhood’s best and worst moments—its secret joys and terrors, its hopefulness
and uncertainty. Katchur skillfully weaves between past and present, revealing
devastating truths along the way.”
--Paula Treick DeBoard, author of THE MOURNING HOURS and THE FRAGILE WORLD
--Paula Treick DeBoard, author of THE MOURNING HOURS and THE FRAGILE WORLD
“Captivating and highly addictive, this story will break your
heart - and then renew your faith in love.” -- Marissa Stapley author of MATING FOR LIFE
