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Doubleday
February 2015
On Sale: February 17, 2015
300 pages
ISBN: 0385531958
EAN: 9780385531955
Kindle: B00MZW93K4
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Fiction | Contemporary
A passionate, provocative story of complex family
bonds and the search for identity set within the ivy-covered
walls of a New England boarding school When Charlie Garrett arrives as a young teacher at the
shabby-yet-genteel Abbott School, he finds a world steeped
in privilege and tradition. Fresh out of college and barely
older than the students he teaches, Charlie longs to leave
his complicated southern childhood behind and find his place
in the rarefied world of Abbottsford. Before long he is
drawn to May Bankhead, the daughter of the legendary school
chaplain; but when he discovers he cannot be with her, he
forces himself to break her heart, and she leaves Abbott—he
believes forever. He hunkers down in his house in the
foothills of Massachusetts, thinking his sacrifice has
contained the damage and controlled their fates. But nearly a decade later, his peace is
shattered when his golden-boy half brother, Nick, comes to
Abbott to teach—and May returns as a teacher as well.
Students and teachers alike are drawn by Nick’s magnetism,
and even May falls under his spell. When Charlie pushes his
brother and his first love together, with what he believes
are the best of intentions, a love triangle ensues that is
haunted by desire, regret, and a long-buried mystery. With wisdom and emotional generosity,
LeCraw takes us through a year that transforms both the
teachers and students of Abbott forever. Page-turning,
lyrical, and ambitious, The Half Brother is a
powerful examination of family, loyalty, and love.
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