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How to Bury Your Brother

A Novel

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"Part mystery, part Southern gothic, and wholly original, Cook's debut novel establishes her as an author to watch....[and] for fans of Celeste Ng and Joshilyn Jackson. " — Booklist

Her brother's letters reveal everything—if only he'd written one to her.

Alice always thought she'd see her brother again. Rob ran away when he was fifteen, with so many years left to find his way home. But his funeral happened first.

Eight years later she has to clear out her childhood home in Georgia, and the memories come flooding in, bringing with them an autopsy report showing her family's lies—and sealed, addressed letters from Rob.

In a search for answers to questions she's always been afraid to ask, Alice delivers the letters. Each dares her to open her eyes to her family's secrets and the ghosts of her own past. But it's the last letter, addressed to her brother's final home in New Orleans, that will force her to choose if she'll let the trauma break her or finally bring her home.

Everything I Never Told You meets The Night Olivia Fell set against a vivid Southern backdrop, How to Bury Your Brother is the highly-discussable story of a sister coming to terms with her brother's life and death.

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    • Library Journal

      April 1, 2020

      DEBUT Just before her childhood home in Atlanta is to be razed, Alice Wright finds seven sealed letters hidden in a crawl space. The letters are written by her brother, Rob Tate, who died nine years earlier. Despite her disappointment that there is no letter for her, she sets out to deliver each of them, hoping to learn about Rob's life and--especially--why he disappeared from home just before turning 16 and never returned. She and Rob had been particularly close, despite their five-year age difference, and she looked for him while his absence irretrievably damaged their family. Now, with her father dead and her mother in assisted living, Alice must face her own marital problems and family conflicts while struggling to stop the pattern of convenient lies. VERDICT Although the title suggests that this is a mystery, it's actually literary fiction about a particularly dysfunctional Southern family with dark secrets, featuring a woman who confronts hard truths. This is an accomplished, insightful debut ideally suited for book groups, with reading group guide and author interview included.--Michele Leber, Arlington, VA

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      May 1, 2020
      Alice was ten when her beloved older brother Rob left home. While she never gave up hope that he'd return, she rarely spoke of him, even to her husband and children. Now, 30 years after his disappearance and almost a decade after his funeral, Alice reluctantly returns to their childhood home in Georgia on the eve of its demolition. Hidden in a crawl space and labeled with her name, she finds boxes of Rob's personal effects, including an autopsy report and seven sealed letters addressed in her brother's handwriting. Determined to finally discover the truth about his disappearance and his death, Alice sets out to deliver the letters. But as she pieces together details about his life, she also is forced to confront secrets about their family that cause her not only to question her own childhood memories but also to reevaluate her present-day relationships. Part mystery, part Southern gothic, and wholly original, Cook's debut novel establishes her as an author to watch. Recommended for fans of Celeste Ng and Joshilyn Jackson.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)

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