Brian Ray Ray822@hotmail.com
A contemporary story in such a haunted, Poe-drenched world...a quirky first
novel that's not afraid to be itself.
-Gina Webb, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The question of inheritance is always lurking in Sarah West's narrative,
which gives even greater strength to Ray's sympathetic and truly deft
examination of manic depression and its ability to strain a family past
unbearable tolerances.
- Zack Weir, The Post & Courier
Death permeates this stunning debut...But even with the dark tones of death
and lunacy, Ray finds comic moments...[he] is a talent to watch.
- Booklist, starred review
You will laugh out loud at these characters, and you will be moved by the
grit and intelligence of this narrator. A stunning first novel.
- Elizabeth Cox, author of The Slow Moon
Their story is so gently told, in a setting so beautifully grim, it’s easy
to forget this is a debut novel.
- Teresa Weaver, Atlanta Magazine

The more you fail, the more you succeed. It is
only when everything is lost and - instead of
giving up - you go on, that you experience the
momentary prospect of some slight progress.
Suddenly you have the feeling - be it an
illusion or not - that something new has opened
up.
- Alberto Giacometti
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