A New Crime Novel Plumbs the Depths of Addiction and Parenthood
3 min readNov 25, 2019
Liz Moore’s latest accomplishment, Long Bright River, begins with a list. Though it’s never made explicit what, exactly, it’s a list of, it is nevertheless clear: this is a catalog of the dead. It’s a powerful way to begin an exquisite novel that dug its fingers into my heart and has refused to let go.