{"id":15967,"date":"2023-04-28T10:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=15967"},"modified":"2023-04-28T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:52:36","slug":"a-persistent-echo-by-brian-kaufman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=15967","title":{"rendered":"A Persistent Echo by Brian Kaufman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Truly original and touching\u2026 A remarkable feat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An intriguing plot matches the well-developed, reflective leads in Kaufman\u2019s remarkable latest novel. Rhome, Texas, 1897. Hundreds of UFO sightings are being reported all around the nation, one among those is spotted in Rhome. With a little time left until the cancer takes over completely, August Simms arrives in the town to investigate the mysterious airship landing and also to spend his final days at the boarding-house where his wife, Christy, died fifteen years earlier. When the past comes haunting, August knows he won\u2019t get another chance to right the wrongs of the past. Kaufman\u2019s characterization is excellent: he is deft when it comes to portraying his protagonists\u2019 inner turmoil, particularly August\u2019s, whose emotional state is fully rendered and deeply affecting. Although the barriers between August and Nadine seem impossible, especially in the wake of August\u2019s connection to Luther\u2019s death, their issues are resolved in a heartening manner: August\u2019s provision in his will changes the trajectory of Nadine and Natalie\u2019s lives. With delicate precision, Kaufman evokes Texas\u2019s rugged wilderness while sensitively revealing his protagonists\u2019 backstories, set against the town\u2019s vicious hatred toward Black people. The tension quickly amps up as the secrets of August\u2019s and Judge Proctor\u2019s past are revealed, and the truth behind Nadine\u2019s father\u2019s murder, the lynching, and Christy\u2019s death fifteen years earlier is genuinely surprising and heartbreaking. Kaufman also carefully crafts a web of complicity around the UFO sightings. A deeply moving story with an intriguing mystery and a touching portrait of regret and redemption at its heart. Spectacular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Persistent Echo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Kaufman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black Rose Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date August 24, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1685132682<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $25.95 (USD) Hardcover, $20.95 Paperback, $5.99 Kindle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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