![]() ![]() For Beth there’s a shift in her friends as she initially gravitates back to the ones that she hung out with when Sam disappeared instead of her more recent ones, including potential boyfriend Donal. ![]() The POV in the book alternates between Beth and Josh, which was a great way to tell the story rather than having Sam tell the story. There’s a flurry of interviews, visits from neighbors, and strained relationships that form around Beth, now 17, and Josh, now 14, as they figure out how to cope with this major change in their world. Jump forward to the present and Beth gets a call to come home right away because Sam’s been found…and he’s alive. It’s the last time they see each other because by the end of that day, Sam doesn’t come home and Josh and Sam’s sister Beth are both hiding things they know. The book opens three years ago, as 11-year-old friends Sam and Josh are headed out, in the midst of a hot Alabama summer day to ride their bikes to the mall to get a videogame. We Now Return to Regular Life is a powerful book about what it means to be family, an ally and a friend. ![]() ![]() Nine years later comes Martin’s second book and it was well worth the wait. Martin Wilson’s debut novel, 2008’s What They Always Tell Us, is a stunning book that has been an inspiration to me since I first read it. ![]()
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