Burnt Cove

Customer Reviews

8 reviews

• Acclaimed author Barry Cronin

  A must-read.

• Angel R. Sánchez, author of The Real Monster

  A moving reckoning with grief, identity, and the kind of loss that fractures families.

• Phil Eil

  Wayne Miller’s Burnt Cove is a compulsively readable story about how the living complete the unfinished business of the dead. It’s a story of ghosts and artists and storytellers; of love and murder; of raging fires and the sparkling coastal waters of Maine. Burnt Cove follows one man, Jack White, as he digs ever-deeper into the past, in an effort to make sense of the world and his place in it. Along the way we witness one literal exhumation and countless other – figurative – exhumations of secrets, love affairs, and artistic masterpieces. In the book, Miller deftly interweaves the stories of memorable characters, and jumps across generations, to deliver a dazzling story of family, fate, and American life

• Bryan Gruley

  The pages will turn and you will be mesmerized as you accompany the intrepid Jack White on his “project,” a chilling exploration of a distant past that confronts him and his loved ones in the present. Prepare for vivid scenes of romance, heartbreak, and heroism.

• Elizabeth Massie

  G. Wayne Miller’s newest, Burnt Cove, is one of the most engrossing novels I’ve read in years. A masterfully-crafted tale of family secrets, horrors, discoveries, strength, and love that will not die, filled with lessons we might not have known we were looking for but are honored to have been given. I can’t recommend it enough.

• Mark Slade

  A beautifully written book with so much mysterious atmosphere that asks the question: is it better not to know family secrets? Quite possibly G. Wayne Miller’s best book

• Paul F. Olson, author of Alexander’s Song

  G. Wayne Miller never disappoints. Burnt Cove is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. A moving exploration of love and loss, regret and redemption, determination in the face of mystery, bravery in the face of monstrosity. It’s a story of family ties, family secrets, and the messy, beautiful question of what makes a family in the first place. It has enough heart and emotion to last from this world to the next, and that’s a good thing, because if you’re like me, you’ll meet these people, fall in love, and never want to say goodbye

• Anonymous

  From the creative mind of one of New England’s most talented storytellers, prolific author G. Wayne Miller serves up his latest literary treasure. Burnt Cove is the compelling story of a remarkable family; a riveting tale filled with captivating characters, enchanting dialogue, tragedy and triumph, and a story line overflowing with more unexpected twists and turns than a backwoods, New England country road! But be forewarned! Once you open onto that first page, you are going to find it near impossible to put down. But try not to read it too quickly! Burnt Cove is a tale meant to be savored! An eminently satisfying book from start to finish, Burnt Cove qualifies as a must read!"

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