Bridge of Clay The redemptive, joyous bestseller by the author of THE BOOK THIEF

<p><b> ‘Achingly moving, delightfully funny, and thoroughly uplifting.’ M L STEDMAN, author of <i>THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS</i><br>‘This book BLEW ME AWAY' JODI PICOULT <br>‘Rowdy and joyous, with flashes of wit and insight, and ultimately moving’ <i>TIMES</i><br> ___<br></b><br><b> <i>Our mother was dead. Our father had fled.</i><br><br></b>Five Dunbar brothers are living – fighting, loving, grieving – in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. <br><br>This is a family rocked by tragedy and long buried secrets. To understand his family’s story, Matthew Dunbar must travel to find three things. A lost typewriter -- A dead dog -- The bones of the snake that killed it.<br><br>He will learn of a mother who crosses continents for a new home; of a father searching for love in the keys of an old piano; and, finally, of a brother named Clay, who will make the most challenging journey of them all, and change their lives for ever.<b><br>___<br><br>Readers love Bridge of Clay:<br><br>***** ‘Page upon glorious page left my heart bruised, but gratefully beating’<br>***** ‘A book rarely touches me so emotionally’<br>***** ‘Original, compelling and richly resonant’</b> <br><br><br>'<i>O</i>ne of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time' <i><b>WASHINGTON POST</b></i><br>'This book blew me away' <b>JODI PICOULT</b><br>'Devastating, demanding, deeply moving' <b><i>WALL STREET JOURNAL</i></b><br>'Moving and epic' <b><i>STYLIST</i></b></p>