In the StoryWhere the Absent Sing
A body rises from the bayou. Lena recognizes her brother. She has never had a brother. In Louisiana, identification should return a dead man to his history. Lena Broussard’s account complicates everything: gestures, a name, family memories no one can confirm. She knows this man the way someone knows a brother. Saying so immediately makes her a suspect.
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Lena smiled despite herself. Her mother wanted help deciding what should be cleared out before the roofer came to inspect the attic. The boxes belonging to Marcel Broussard, who had died eight years earlier, still occupied the same wall beneath the rafters. Jo had finally decided to bring two down. Lena had asked her not to throw anything away before she had seen the papers.Read the excerpt ↗