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The novel follows a young, widowed veteran of the First World War, Henry Bright, as he and his infant son, along with an unlikely guardian angel flee from a forest fire and Bright's cruel in-laws.
Jan 1, 2011 · "Bright's Passage" is a beautifully told narrative (one that reads quickly as more a short story than a novel) about a World War I veteran from West Virginia named Henry Bright whose wife has died in childbirth, leaving him in charge of caring for his infant son.
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- Hardcover
- Josh Ritter
Chapter 1 Summary. PDF Cite Share. Lori Steinbach, M.A. | Certified Educator. The baby boy wriggles in Henry Bright’s arms. He holds a knife over a candle to sterilize it before cutting the...
Jul 1, 2011 · Henry Bright is pretty much your ordinary 20th-century West Virginia farmboy, with one notable exception: when he winds up in the World War I trenches in France, he begins hearing voices.
Haunted by the abiding nightmare of his experiences in the war and shadowed by his dead wife’s father, the Colonel, and his two brutal sons, Bright—along with his newborn—makes his way through a ravaged landscape toward an uncertain salvation.
- Josh Ritter
- Paperback
May 15, 2012 · NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Henry Bright has newly returned to West Virginia from the battlefields of the First World War. Griefstruck by the death of his young wife and unsure of how to care for the infant son she left behind, Bright is soon confronted by the destruction of the only home he's ever known.
- Josh Ritter
Jun 28, 2011 · Henry Bright is newly returned to West Virginia from the battlefields of the First World War. Grief struck by the death of his young wife and unsure of how to care for the infant son she left behind, Bright is soon confronted by the destruction of the only home he’s ever known.
