This Glittering World

By Greenwood, T.

Publishers Summary:
One November morning, Ben Bailey walks out of his Flagstaff, Arizona home to retrieve the paper. 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 history professor to his relationship with his fiancee, Sara. Ben decides to discover the truth about Ricky's death, in hopes of filling in the cracks in his own life. Yet the answers leave him torn between love and responsibility and between his once-certain future and the choices that could liberate him at a cost. "This Glittering World" is the book T. Greenwood's fans and critics have been waiting for - one that cements her reputation as one of today's most eloquent and impressive talents.

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ISBN
978-0-75825-091-9
Publisher
Kensington


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Reviewed on October 15, 2010

"So hope slowly turned into desperation and desperation into sad resignation." This line from Greenwood's (Two Rivers; The Hungry Season) disturbing suspense novel paints an accurate picture of her characters' troubled lives. Ben, an adjunct history professor and part-time bartender, and his nurse fiancée, Sara, have been living a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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