Talty, Morgan

Fire Exit -- Morgan Talty, Hardcover

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From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life--from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth is his daughter, a secret Charles is no longer willing to keep.

Now, it's been weeks since he's seen Elizabeth, and Charles is worried. As he attempts to hold on to and care for what he can--his home and property; his alcoholic, quick-tempered, and bighearted friend Bobby; and his mother, Louise, who is slipping ever deeper into dementia--
he becomes increasingly haunted by his past. Forced to confront a lost childhood on the reservation, a love affair cut short, and the death of his beloved stepfather, Fredrick, in a hunting accident--a death he and Louise are at odds over as to where to lay blame--Charles contends with questions he's long been afraid to ask. Is his secret about Elizabeth his to share? And would his daughter want to know the truth, even if it could cost her everything she's ever known?

From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty's debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another.


Author: Morgan Talty
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 06/04/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.82w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781959030553

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/01/2024 pg. 5
Booklist 04/15/2024 pg. 14
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2024
Foreword 04/25/2024
BookPage 06/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 05/27/2024

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