Margaret Brennan Neville, The King's English Bookshop, Salt Lake City, UT
And these rough and tumble boys go through it all! When I finished Bridge of Clay, I wanted to read it again, to watch the boys get out of bed, off the sofa, pick up the bits and pieces, and live another day.”
Throw in bridge building, track training, horse racing, courting, and grieving, and readers get a vivid look into the lives of the Dunbar boys. “Five brothers, a menagerie, a murderer, and Michelangelo make for a memorable cast of characters. Jess Harwick, Book Culture, New York, NY Winter 2019 Reading Group Indie Next List Bridge of Clay was worth every second of the wait.” This one is going to take me a long time to get over. I loved being with Clay as he built his bridge, and I was genuinely devastated as the pages came to an end. Clay and his brothers are alive in this story, and the love that they share between themselves and for others is palpable. He writes in stunning, complex metaphors that never fail to feel real. Bridge of Clay is weird and heartbreaking and beautifully and poetically written - in short, everything that Zusak does so well in the books we’ve come to love. “There’s a reason we’ve been waiting for this book for over 10 years, and that’s because Zusak has taken his time and made it perfect.
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