Brynchancellor.com Website Review

Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer to town stumbles across human remains embedded in the wall of a dry desert ravine. As news of the discovery makes its way around town, Sycamore’s longtime residents fear the bones may belong to Jess Winters, the te*nage gi*l who disappeared suddenly some eighte*n years earlier, an unsolved mystery that has haunted the town ever since. In the days it takes the authorities to make an identification, the residents rekindle stories, rumors, and recollections both painful and poignant as they revisit Jess’s troubled history. In resurrecting the past, the people of Sycamore will find clarity, Skillfully interweaving multiple points of view, Bryn Chancellor maps the bloodlines of a community and the indelible characters at its heart—most notably Jess Winters, a thoughtful, promising adolescent poised on the threshold of ad*lthood. Sycamore is a coming-of-age story, a mystery, and a moving exploration of the elemental forces that drive human nature, as witnessed through the inhabitants of one “Rich, strange, er*tic. Set in Arizona’s craggy red-rock country, this hypnotic debut … shifts nimbly between past and present and “Riveting … a movingly written, multivoiced novel examining how one tragic circu*stance can sow doubt about fundamental things. … a “A mystery, a coming-of-age story, and an ensemble drama are woven together in this tale of love, loss, grief…and human remains found “Chancellor’s absorbing first novel begins quietly, quickly gains momentum, and ends explosively. … This gripping debut is a must for “Interspersed in Chancellor’s meaty, suspenseful debut is Jess’ story of the troubling year (itself preceded by another difficult year) leading up to her disappearance. The author handles this back-and-forth movement well, creating subtle connections among the fleshed-out Sycamore residents that readers will enjoy recognizing while waiting with them to discover the truth about the long-concealed