Bright's Passage : A Novel (Paperback)

from dmsteyn

Before I begin, a full disclosure: Josh Ritter is one my favourite musicians, so a certain amount of bias might be expected in this review. Mea culpa. To the review. Henry Bright is a veteran of the first World War who, after the horrors of the trenches (and other life-changing experiences), retu...

from melaniehope

This was a haunting short story of a returning veteran from WW1. Henry Bright has survived the war with the help of an angel. Grief struck by the death of his young wife and unsure of how to care for the infant son she left behind, Bright is guided by an angel, the very same angel who has followe...

from klai

Bright's Passage exhibits that trait of many first novels - delight in language - and this makes it a true delight to read. A comparison with Ritter's songwriting is inevitable, but I think justified. The book's themes are ones he has explored in many of his songs - the yearning for home(land) an...

from katiekrug

"There were no cherubs, no judges, no dying saints. There were no angels or mustard gas, no smoke or beautiful young girls; the dome was simply, blessedly, empty. He felt that he might like to drift in that sky forever, breathe that clean, cold air, and leave the earth below to consume itself." (...

from LaurenAileen

I picked this book up after hearing Josh Ritter's song "Girl in the War" come on my Pandora, and I Googled him. I know it doesn't sound like much, but I was intrigued, so I decided to check it out from the library. The main character, whose wife has just passed away and has no one else, is clingi...