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This Glittering World: A Novel
By T. Greenwood
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A man is pulled out his ordinary life into a murder mystery and an emotional reckoning, in this psychologically insightful novel by the award-winning author of Two Rivers.
One November morning, Ben Bailey walks out of his Flagstaff, Arizona, home to retrieve the paper. Instead, he finds Ricky Begay, a young Navajo man, beaten and dying in the newly fallen snow.
Unable to forget the incident, especially once he meets Ricky’s sister, Shadi, Ben begins to question everything, from his job as a part-time history professor to his fiancée, Sara. When Ben first met Sara, he was mesmerized by her optimism and easy confidence. These days, their relationship only reinforces a loneliness that stretches back to his fractured childhood.
Ben decides to discover the truth about Ricky’s death, both for Shadi’s sake and in hopes of filling in the cracks in his own life. Yet the answers leave him torn—between responsibility and happiness, between his once-certain future and the choices that could liberate him from the delicate web of lies he has spun.
“A writer of subtle strength.” —Publishers Weekly
One November morning, Ben Bailey walks out of his Flagstaff, Arizona, home to retrieve the paper. Instead, he finds Ricky Begay, a young Navajo man, beaten and dying in the newly fallen snow.
Unable to forget the incident, especially once he meets Ricky’s sister, Shadi, Ben begins to question everything, from his job as a part-time history professor to his fiancée, Sara. When Ben first met Sara, he was mesmerized by her optimism and easy confidence. These days, their relationship only reinforces a loneliness that stretches back to his fractured childhood.
Ben decides to discover the truth about Ricky’s death, both for Shadi’s sake and in hopes of filling in the cracks in his own life. Yet the answers leave him torn—between responsibility and happiness, between his once-certain future and the choices that could liberate him from the delicate web of lies he has spun.
“A writer of subtle strength.” —Publishers Weekly
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Reviews for This Glittering World
Rating: 3.588235294117647 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book was on my list because I had read another book by the author a year or so ago and liked her storytelling. This book was great. I got through it in two sittings, I just couldn't stop. The synopsis doesn't make it sound like a very intriguing story; a white man finds a Native American man nearly dead in his driveway, meets dying guys sister, questions his own relationship, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's been told before. Not like this though. Greenwood's characters are complex, rich and real. The main character Ben isn't the nicest guy. I wouldn't like him, that's for sure, but his feelings are well described and believable. I'll definitely search out more by this author.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Really very well written. The storyline was a bit overdone in some ways (just too much like other books) but behind that plotline was a character who was fascinating. The main character here is not entirely a nice guy...and the author handles this exceptionally well. I really enjoyed this for reasons that were more about finding meaning and learning about humanity than the story. So...in a way not what I was expecting but it held my interest all they way through!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When Ben Bailey went outside to enjoy the first snowfall and fetch the paper, he found a dying young man. He had no idea that this would be the catalyst for him to look into himself to find out who he was and what he really wanted to do with his life. His planned future becomes uncertain as he finds himself more and more enmeshed in helping the beautiful sister of the man prove that this was a homicide and a hate crime. As he gets closer to the answers, he moves further and further away from the man he was, but circumstances make it difficult to be the man he wants to be. This is an aching tale of what we owe to the people in our lives, what we owe to ourselves, and the cost of the compromises we make.