The Evening Shades -- Lee Martin

<b>The highly anticipated follow-up to Pulitzer Prize finalist <i>The Bright Forever, The Evening Shades</i> tells the story of two lonely people in a small Midwestern town and the dark secrets tormenting them . . .</b> <p/>One afternoon in the autumn of 1972, a lonely widow in Mt. Gilead, Illinois, makes the impromptu decision to rent out a room in her house to a stranger who has come to town. It is risky--she doesn't know anything about him. But Edith Green can no longer bear a life lived alone. And Henry Dees is haunted by the past he carries with him from another small town, particularly by the death of a little girl that some people think was his fault. <p/>And slowly, Henry and Edith's suspenseful dance between secrets and trust leads them to start revealing things to each other -- and themselves ...<br><br><b>Author:</b> Lee Martin<br><b>Publisher:</b> Melville House Publishing<br><b>Published:</b> 03/25/2025<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.81lbs<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781685891732