Mercury

A roofing familyΓÇÖs bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar townΓÇöfrom Amy Jo Burns,author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner ItΓÇÖs 1990 and 17-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of MercuryPennsylvania. A perpetual lonershe seeks a place at someoneΓÇÖs table and a family of her own. The first thing she sees when she arrives in town are three men standing on a rooftop. Their silhouettes blot out the sun. The Joseph brothers become MarleyΓÇÖs whole world before she can blink. Soonshe is young wife to oneThe One Who Got Away to anotherand adopted mother to them all. As their own mother fades away and their roofing business crumbles under the weight of their unwieldy fatherΓÇÖs inflated egoMarley steps in to shepherd these unruly men. Years lateran eerie discovery in the church attic causes old wounds to resurface and suddenly the familyΓÇÖs survival hangs in the balance. With Marley as their lightthe Joseph brothers must decide whether they can save the family theyΓÇÖve always knownΓÇöor whether together they can build something stronger in its place.