The young lawyer packs up his life in Houston and heads back home to Natchez to figure out his next steps. He soon realizes he is metaphorically swimming against the current with one arm tied behind his back and is losing the fight. "We are always spiraling around something, whether we see it or not, a secret center of gravity with the invisible power of a black hole."Ĭage is the quintessential small-town-boy-done-well until tragedy strikes. Surrounded by a great supporting cast, I was invested in the well-being of these people, with whom I got cozy as I settled into the fictional streets of Natchez, Mississippi. The main character, Penn Cage, is brilliantly fleshed out and I liked him from the outset. Iles soon proved that it wasn’t even a hill for a high-stepper like him! As far as I was concerned, this author had a mountain to climb, but Mr. I read Cemetery Road last year and was nearly waterlogged by the time I'd finished. Going into this book, I didn’t know what to expect. "Our actions have consequences that last long after us, entwining the present with the future in ways we cannot begin to understand."
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