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March 25, 2013
Third Coast Magazine Recommends THE LIGHTHOUSE ROAD
In an article written by Rachel Kincaid, Third Coast Magazine, one of the nation’s premier literary magazines that consistently publishes excellent, and often award-winning, fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama, has reviewed Peter Geye’s The Lighthouse Road and recommended it.
Below is an excerpt from the review:
Ultimately, The Lighthouse Road is about family – both the families we’re born into and the families we make, or fail to make, for ourselves. Biological lines of heritage unite the cast of characters, but rarely do they form lines of actual connection; the real bonds between people are formed by shared history, often a traumatic one. Where we might expect “family” to mean a place that provides comfort and reliability, Geye’s concept of family in is rife with betrayal and conflicting allegiances, and refuses any sense of permanence. The harsh and dangerous physical world of Gunflint makes its presence known almost as a character, always reminding us that taking any kind of safety for granted can be a terminal mistake. Geye’s world is peopled with orphans, people who have been left alone in the world both by their blood relations and the less formal families that had promised to provide for them. While reading about loneliness and isolation sounds like a melancholy experience, and in this case sometimes is, Geye has also created a world where the reader can walk away feeling like they’ve had a connection with something by entering into it.
Peter Geye received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his PhD from Western Michigan University, where he was editor of Third Coast. He was born and raised in Minneapolis and continues to live there with his wife and three children. He is the author of the award winning novel, Safe from the Sea.
To read the entire review on Third Coast Magazine’s website, Click Here
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