{"product_id":"broken-country-reeses-book-club","title":"Broken Country (Reese's Book Club)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Leslie Hall is a novelist and journalist who lives in the wilds of Dorset, England, with her family. She's the author of \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003ePictures of Him\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eDays You Were Mine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2025 \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Layered and lyrical, this stunning novel expertly builds suspense while revealing its secrets, and it conveys deep truths about love and loss.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives...but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sure to top all of 2025's 'Best Of' lists, \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumphant and truly exciting release from an author guaranteed to become your next favorite. Trust me, this is the one you've been waiting for.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBook Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With an opening line of \"The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him,\" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e doesn't waste any time getting you into this sweeping family drama.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this twisty love story, the happily married Beth is forced to confront her past demons and desires after her brother-in-law shoots a dog belonging to Gabriel, her teenage love who has just returned to town.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With its sweeping narrative and pulse-pounding suspense, the novel offers a sometimes-jarring reminder that the past, no matter how deeply buried, always finds a way to resurface.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePost \u0026amp; Courier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is at its heart a novel about love and loss, about selfishness and selflessness, and about the consequences of decisions made for these reasons. Each decision is driven by the one before it, and Beth, especially, is stretched to her breaking point. Both aching and thrilling, \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful book by an accomplished author.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Hall's] prose is so transportive that it's impossible not to hang on...an elegantly written historical novel with a compelling love triangle and a couple of clever twists.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hall serves up twist after twist in her canny U.S. debut, a story of grief, love, and murder set in the Dorset countryside. This sharp morality tale will stay with readers.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A love story like no other. By turns a searing mystery, and a brilliant and beautiful look at the price of a second chance, and the complex notion of fate and forgiveness. Stunning.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chris Whitaker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll the Colors of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Stirring, poetic and mysterious, Clare Leslie Hall's novel, \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e, reveals how tender and innocent love between a boy and a girl can alter the lives of families for generations. Even on a quaint and quiet sheep farm of rural England, misguided passion brings murder and criminal charges against the most innocent of players because human nature is far from tame. Yet, even as love destroys, it can return to heal on the same sacred meadow where it was first conceived. This evocative, sensitive and compelling novel fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eDelia Owens, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully observed and brilliantly constructed page-turner of novel. It has everything - love, loss, fury, forgiveness - and I was absolutely immersed from page one.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mary Beth Keane, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Half Moon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is mesmerizing: delicate and forceful, lyrical, brutal, and passionate. I devoured it.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eMiranda Cowley Heller, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e combines the intoxicating passion of Sally Rooney's \n\u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e with the hard-won wisdom of Ian McEwan's On Chesil Beach. It is also as romantic about the British countryside as Elena Ferrante is about Naples. Both a love story and a pulsing suspense, you could wait a lifetime for a novel as good as this.\"-- \n\u003cb\u003eJo Furniss, author of\u003ci\u003e The Last to Know\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's a story that could have been told by one of the Brontës or Charles Dickens, and author Clare Leslie Hall does right by it, creating compellingly flawed, three-dimensional characters and placing them in an artfully rendered time and place. In fact, the setting is so distinct, it's almost as if the English countryside becomes a character in itself.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Apple Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOver 1 Million Copies Sold\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e by Clare Leslie Hall is an unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives...but it's also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming.\" --Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Stirring and mysterious...fires directly at the human heart and hits the mark.\" --Delia Owens, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhere the Crawdads Sing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, the man Beth loved as a teenager--the man who broke her heart years ago. Gabriel has returned to the village with his young son Leo, a boy who reminds Beth very much of her own son, who died in a tragic accident. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Beth is pulled back into Gabriel's life, tensions around the village rise and dangerous secrets and jealousies from the past resurface, this time with deadly consequences. Beth is forced to make a choice between the woman she once was, and the woman she has become. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping love story with the pace and twists of a thriller, \n\u003ci\u003eBroken Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of simmering passion, impossible choices, and explosive consequences that toggles between the past and present to explore the far-reaching legacy of first love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/20\/2025 (EAN 9781668078181, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2025 pg. 22 (EAN 9781668078181, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/15\/2025 (EAN 9781668078181, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eHall, Clare Leslie\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClare Leslie Hall is a novelist and journalist who lives in the wilds of Dorset, England, with her family. 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