{"product_id":"the-evening-shades-lee-martin-9781685891732","title":"The Evening Shades","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe follow-up to Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Forever, The Evening Shades\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of two lonely people in a small Midwestern town slowly revealing their secrets to themselves, and each other . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne afternoon in the autumn of 1972, a lonely widow in Mt. Gilead, Illinois, makes the impromptu decision to rent out a room in her house to a socially awkward man, a stranger who has come to town. It is risky--she doesn't know anything about him. But Edith Green can no longer bear a life lived alone. And Henry Dees, haunted by the past he carries with him from Tower Hill, Indiana, is plagued by a tremendous guilt about things he did and didn't do that led to the death of a little girl back home. How can he face the rest of his life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evening Shades \u003c\/i\u003eis as moving and suspenseful as its predecesser, Pulitzer finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Forever. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it is a story that stands alone: a story of love found in middle age and the joy it promises, but not without serious complications. There is the bereaved family of the little girl, who are holding their own secrets about the mysterious disappearances of both the man who killed their daughter and Henry Dees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evening Shades \u003c\/i\u003eis a poignant story of accommodation, resilience, forgiveness, and love in the face of all that threatens the splendor of our ordinary lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168589173X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685891732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Lee Martin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334685741311,"sku":"9781685891732","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39406d08-2fb2-48ea-9d8f-40b85c4eb1e2.jpg?v=1731467498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-evening-shades-lee-martin-9781685891732","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}