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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review bull Esquire bull BookPageA gripping novel with the pace of a thriller but the nuanced characterization and deep empathy of some of the literary canonrsquos most beloved novels Remember Me Like This introduces Bret Anthony Johnston as one of the most gifted storytellers writing today With his sophisticated and emotionally taut plot and his shimmering prose Johnston reveals that only in caring for one another can we save ourselves Four years have passed since Justin Campbellrsquos disappearance a tragedy that rocked the small town of Southport Texas Did he run away Was he kidnapped Did he drown in the bay As the Campbells search for answers they struggle to hold whatrsquos left of their family together Then one afternoon the impossible happens The police call to report that Justin has been found only miles away in the neighboring town and most important he appears to be fine Though the reunion is a miracle Justinrsquos homecoming exposes the deep rifts that have diminished his family the wounds they all carry that may never fully heal Trying to return to normal his parents do their best to ease Justin back into his old life But as thick summer heat takes hold violent storms churn in the Gulf and in the Campbellsrsquo hearts When a reversal of fortune lays bare the familyrsquos greatest fearsmdashand offers perhaps the only hope for recoverymdasheach of them must fight to keep the ties that bind them from permanently tearing apart Praise for Remember Me Like This ldquoEnthralling an exquisitely moral mystery of how we struggle to accept and love the people we call familyrdquomdashThe New York Times Book Review Editorrsquos Choice ldquoI love this novelrdquomdashJohn Irving ldquoAn achingly beautiful and psychologically insightful portrait of a family a fully immersive novel in which the language is luminous and the delivery almost flawlessrdquomdashThe Boston Globe ldquoRiveting The novel flows like it was plotted by Dennis Lehane but feels like it was written by Jonathan FranzenrdquomdashEsquire ldquoTremendously moving Therersquos real humanity in Johnstonrsquos writing and itrsquos heartening to spend time with these folks as they relearn how to be a familyrdquomdashRon Charles The Washington Post ldquoDeeply empathetic and masterfully constructed a novel that has both the feel of a great epic and the focused intensity of standing on a highwirerdquomdashSalon.
About the Author
Bret Anthony Johnston is the author of the internationally best-selling novel Remember Me Like This, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers selection, and the winner of the 2015 McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns Prize. The book has been translated around the world and is being made into a major motion picture. Bret is also the author of the award-winning Corpus Christi: Stories, which was named a Best Book of the Year by The Independent (London) and The Irish Times, and the editor of Naming the World and Other Exercises for the Creative Writer. His work appears in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, The Paris Review, Glimmer Train Stories, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. His awards include the Pushcart Prize, the Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, the Stephen Turner Award, the Cohen Prize, a James Michener Fellowship, the Kay Cattarulla Prize for short fiction, and many more. His nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Tin House, The Best American Sports Writing, and on NPR's All Things Considered. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he's the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship and a 5 Under 35 honor from the National Book Foundation. He wrote the documentary film Waiting for Lightning, which was released in theaters around the world by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He teaches in the Bennington Writing Seminars and at Harvard University, where he is the Director of Creative Writing.
