Passersthrough, Peter Rock
Passersthrough, Peter Rock
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Passersthrough

Author: Peter Rock

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/19/2022


Synopsis

A father and his estranged daughter reconnect to try to understand a decades-old trauma in this haunting novel, part ghost story, part lyrical exploration of family, aging, and how we remember the past.

At age eleven, Helen disappeared in the wilderness of Mount Rainier National Park while camping with her father, Benjamin. She was gone for almost a week before being discovered and returned to her family. It is now twenty-five years later, and after more than two decades of estrangement, Helen and Benjamin reconnect at his home in Portland, Oregon, to try to understand what happened during the days she was gone. Meanwhile, Benjamin meets an odd pair, a woman and boy who seem driven to help him learn more about Helen's disappearance and send him on a journey that will lead to a murder house, uncanny possession, and a bone-filled body of water known as Sad Clown Lake, a lake "that could only be found by getting lost, that was never in the same place twice."

Passersthrough is a haunted, starkly lyrical exploration of family, memory, and the border between life and death.

About Peter Rock

Peter Rock is the author of ten works of fiction, including My Abandonment, which won the Alex Award and was adapted into the film Leave No Trace. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and is a professor of creative writing at Reed College. He lives in Portland with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Passersthrough was the first book that I have read by Peter Rock. I listened to the audiobook of Passersthrough that was narrated by Eric Jason Martin. His voice was perfect for the narration. It was creepy enough and luring and made me want to keep listening even when I was totally confused and fru......more

Goodreads review by Ellis on May 22, 2022

Unnerving and elegiac. I am a complete fucking sucker for an ending like that, (view spoiler)[May we all be so lucky, at the end of our lives, to walk into the lake and hear the voices of the people we've known and loved and missed, the small voices that we have never forgotten (hide spoiler)] to the point where I think I'm going......more

Goodreads review by Kristi Lamont on March 30, 2022

Whoa, was that incredibly, disturbingly good or what? I'm not sure now whether I want to read everything by Peter Rock, or nothing by him ever again. And y'all? It wasn't the supernatural elements that weirded me out. Although by all rights they should have, as well as they were done. Nope, it was the......more

Goodreads review by Atlasi on April 13, 2022

the beginning was so promising and good. I was so excited and hyped. but as the story went on I wasn't really sure what was happening and got really confused. the plot was not that satisfying for me and was a bit weird. it could've ended in so many different and mesmerizing ways that I was really di......more

Goodreads review by Chrissie on September 05, 2023

After a long estrangement, Helen reunites with her father Benjamin, aiming to unravel her childhood disappearance during a camping trip. A mysterious duo of a woman and a boy guides Benjamin on a journey, working to unveil unsettling discoveries related to the past. This exploration leads to a murde......more