I LOVED Peter Geye’s first novel, Safe From the Sea, that I jumped at the chance to read his second novel!
Lighthouse Road moves back and forth between two different time periods, 1890’s and 1920’s. In the 1890s, young Thea Eide, is sent on a voyage from Norway to Lake Superior, Minnesota. She is to meet up with her uncle but finds out he has turned mad and it wouldn’t be safe for her to go to him. With the help of one of the big men in town, Hosea Grimm , Thea lands a job as cook at a logging village.
Soon, she finds herself pregnant and she has her son, Odd. However, she dies soon after giving birth. Hosea Grimm takes over custody of Odd and raises him, like a son. He also has a “daughter” Rebekah, who has her own very odd story. As these four characters intertwine and tell their story, it becomes that nothing in this tangled story is as it seems. There are many secrets and Hosea is at the center of all of them.
I am not going to go into much detail here at the risk of giving out spoilers. Lighthouse Road is very different than Safe From the Sea. Sure, it centers around character relationships and has great character development but that is where the similarities end. The writing is colder in a way, as cold as the landscape described, yet still brilliant.
Brilliantly different than anything I have ever read before.
My recommendation: If you want to read a Peter Geye novel, I suggest you start with Safe From the Sea. It is written more like a typical well written novel and you most likely fall in love with Peter Geye and want to read more. Lighthouse Road is definitely a more challenging novel so I recommend you read it next. I cannot recommend both novels high enough and can hardly wait to see what Peter Geye has in store for us next!
4.5/5
Thanks to Caitlin Hamilton Summie of Unbridled Books, I am giving away one copy of Lighthouse Road. This giveaway is open to the U. S. and Canada and ends on October 30, 2012. Please use Rafflecopter to enter.
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sounds interesting
I’ve got to try Geye’s writing – he sounds like a master.
Safe From the Sea was on my favorites of the year list the year it was published. I loved it. Looking forward to reading his latest!
This book sounds compelling. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
I have yet to read a book by this author and would love to start with this one.
cenya2 at hotmail dot com
Love a good series. Thanks.
This book sounds really good! I have not heard of Safe From the Sea but I will need to add that to my wishlist. Thanks!
Teddy, I haven’t heard about this book before – but it sounds really very interesting! As always, thank you for the sweet giveaways!! <3
Mary DeBorde M.A.D.
Sounds fabulous!
This is the first time I’ve heard of this book and the storyline caught my attention right away. The writing sounds great as well.
This book is on a couple of “best of 2012” lists that I’ve seen. So I hope to win it. Thank you
Sounds like another author for my to-read list. Thanks for the review and giveaway!
PMNSL95 at triad dot rr dot com
Would love to read this one– I had an egalley but it expired before I could get to it, so I guess I need the hard copy so it won’t expire!!
tbranco24 AT gmail DOT com
It looks like an interesting story.
Sounds like a great read. I really like that the story contains secrets and a character named Odd. Thanks for having this giveaway.
ayancey(at)dishmail(dot)net
Sounds like a great story! Haven’t heard of this author but I will definitely try his books!
I loved Safe From the Sea. I’d really like to read this next book.
Thanks for the giveaway.
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I have not read any of Geye’s books so this would be the perfect way to start. 🙂 This one sounds very interesting. Thanks for the giveaway. Hope you are enjoying the fall and are ready for Halloween. 🙂
Very nice review.