Mercury: A Novel [Paperback]

A roofing familys bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar townfrom Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novelShiner

Its 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual loner, she seeks a place at someones table and a family of her own. The first thing she sees when she arrives in town is three men standing on a rooftop. Their silhouettes blot out the sun.

The Joseph brothers become Marleys whole world before she can blink. Soon, she is young wife to one, The One Who Got Away to another, and adopted mother to them all. As their own mother fades away and their roofing business crumbles under the weight of their unwieldy fathers inflated ego, Marley steps in to shepherd these unruly men. Years later, an eerie discovery in the church attic causes old wounds to resurface and suddenly the familys survival hangs in the balance. With Marley as their light, the Joseph brothers must decide whether they can save the family theyve always knownor whether together they can build something stronger in its place.

Burnss second novel introduces the Josephs, a roofing family in Mercury, Pa., who  along with a young woman in search of her own place in the world  find themselves at an inflection point forged by long-ago choices.
The New York Times Book Review

Amy Jo Burns straddles genres in the family drama, finessing them all.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune

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An exquisitely observed tale about blood bonds and the tollÃ+