Markus Zusak - Clay hídja (2021)

In the beginning there was only a murderer, a mule and a boy. Then a snake carcass, a dead dog and an old typewriter. And the mother and the five brothers came, then the girl who is preparing to be a jockey, and the horse races. Later, death, grief, running and pain, a bridge and purification. But this is not the end.
The Dunbar brothers live in the world according to their own laws. Their mother died and their father left them to fend for themselves. They love and hate, mourn and live, struggle with the challenges of the adult world at the base of the abandoned horse racing track. However, one day their father unexpectedly returns home and asks them for help in building a bridge. Of the five brothers, Clay is the only one who takes on the task, changing their lives forever. Clay builds a bridge from his past, from his family, from pain and love, from miracles and disappointments, from his life, from everything that forms the bond of a life. And in the process, the family's past is revealed: the memory of the grandfather who was fond of Homer, the meeting between the mother who fled Eastern Europe and the broken father, who was preparing to become a painter, at a lost piano, as well as the boys' childhood full of promise. But is Clay persistent enough? Will you have enough strength to finish?
Markus Zusak's new novel is a great web of flowing stories and forgotten secrets. A beautifully written book about loss, family love and uplifting forgiveness.