Josh Ritter/"Bright's Passage": Free Download of the First Chapter of Josh's Novel!

From: Josh Ritter
Date: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:40 AM

Josh's debut novel, BRIGHT'S PASSAGE, hits shelves in North America on JUNE 28th
via Random House / Dial Press.

Go here to download the first chapter of the book (PDF file) for free:
http://joshritter.com/2011/03/03/brights-passage-joshs-debut-novel-in-stores-june-28th/

For folks reading this on their phone / iPad / etc, go here to read the first chapter:
http://joshritter.com/files/2011/03/joshritter-brightspassage-chapter1.pdf

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The novel follows a young, widowed veteran of the First World War, Henry Bright, as he and his infant son, along with an unlikely guardian angel flee from a forest fire and Bright's cruel in-laws. Shifting between their strange journey through West Virginia's hickory-canopied foothills, Bright's harrowing memories of the trenches of France, and recollections from his childhood, the novel is at times suspenseful and kinetic, quiet and eerie, and often humorous.

You can pre-order it here:

HARDCOVER:

E-BOOK:

(International Folks: We're still working on an international publication date for Bright's Passage.
We suggest pre-ordering via Amazon.com to be sure you get yours at the end of June.)

Here's a note from Josh about the novel...

"Hey All!

Here’s the first chapter to my first novel, Bright’s Passage. Wow! It makes me very proud to write that! Right now I’m sitting on the floor in Penn Station in New York, waiting for a train to Philadelphia where I’m to play a solo show. There are so many places a story can be told. Over the past year and a half, in airport bars and laundromats, tour busses and kitchens I’ve been telling myself the story of Henry Bright and his world. A story that started as a song is now a world inhabited by characters that are still surprising to me. I’m so happy to begin to present that world to others. Great thanks goes, as ever, to my family and my music family, my new friends at the Dial Press, and all of those whose generosity of will made this book possible.

Finally, thank all of you for your continued belief in my writing, whatever form it may take. I never forget who it is that makes all of this possible in the end.

As ever, rock on!
Josh"

Josh will be doing some book-ish events in the coming months, beginning at SXSW in Austin:

Tuesday, March 15th - 12.30pm sharp
Austin Convention Center - Ballroom G
Bright's Passage: a reading and discussion between Josh and Bob Boilen,
creator and host of All Songs Considered from NPR Music

More book events to be announced shortly, stay tuned!

You can also follow @joshritter and @brightspassage on Twitter to get occasional excerpts from the book (sent when Josh feels like it!).

Thanks everyone.

Enjoy!

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