Books like my sunshine away

Walsh is a literary novel that reads like a memoir and incorporates a healthy dose of mystery. The unnamed protagonist and narrator tells the story of his difficult teen years as he struggles to understand love, responsibility and what it means to grow into a good man. Goodreads members who liked my sunshine away also liked. Find books like my sunshine away from the worlds largest community of readers. Walsh has written one of the best books ive read in a long while.

It would also make a great book club selection and is going on my book club recommendations list. My sunshine away is a must read for fans of coming of age stories and for people who are drawn to books with amazing writing. Hiding out from her fiance in her fathers barn, liberty mayfield cant deny that. My sunshine away unfolds in a baton rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish. What are some songs that most people think are happy but. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing and pageturning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive. The new york times bestselling author of my sunshine away returns with another instant southern classic. But, i still loved this book and dont feel like the lack of a name made the narrator feel distant at all. My sunshine away is also simply, like lees to kill a mockingbird, a great work of fiction. Walshs beautiful writing style tells the tale of fifteen year old lindy in our narrators point of view and the horrors that occur in their neighborhood. My sunshine away and millions of other books are available for instant. Its a book to read and reread, one that will only get better with time, like its writer. Walsh is a gripping, southern novel of a mans lingering obsession years after the unsolved rape of a 15yearold girl.

Walshs haunting, lyrical novel will compel you to look back on your own lifes mysteries, your own childhood fog. This weeks topic is top ten books id like to discuss at book club these are not all books that i necessarily liked, just. My sunshine away unfolds in a baton rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate more. The instant new york times bestseller a tantalizing mystery and a tender comingofage storyunputdownable. My sunshine away unfolds in a baton rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts. My sunshine away npr coverage of my sunshine away by m. Walsh is a haunting yet beautiful tale about a tragic childhood. This book has blown me away with how thought provoking it is. Its a pageturning thriller with a heartbreaking crime and an intriguing cast of suspects. You are my sunshine babies and kids channel nursery rhymes. We re off the chart in mysterious categories like enjoys their neighbours, had a. Foster the people pumped up kicks at first when i heard this song, the tune was catchy to me.