title: The Translation of the Bones: A Novel
author:  Francesca Kay 
description: Kay lays out a moving consideration of devotion and loss. <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br /><br />What begins as the small mystery of one womans vision (ordelusion) explodes into a deeper story about how people cope with grief andloss. <i>The Washington Post</i><br /><br />Fiercely lyrical yet exceedingly tough-mindedstark andunforgettable. <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br />"You do not need to share the beliefs of Kays characters to be deeply affected by their stories.skillfully constructed and beautifully written book, which is as much concerned with common humanity as it is with individual faith. --<i>The Sunday Times</i><br /><br />If Francesca Kays second novel were a piece of music, it would be a requiem, finding the poetry, perhaps even the glory, in loss and despair. Which is not to say that her novel is depressing or gloomyfar from it. In its depiction of a community grappling with the pain of what it means to be human, it is a novel which manages to be both poignant and uplifting.You dont have to be religious to be moved by Kays elegantly calibrated writing. <i>The Telegraph</i><br /><br /><i>An Equal Stillness</i> won Kay the 2009 Orange Award for New Writers. The faith-and-family subject matter of her second book could make <i>The Translation of the Bones</i> feel rather old-fashioned. Yet, though Kays novel is emotional, its not sentimental and it never lingers on the spot. This combination of feeling and structural restraint seems rather new, or just unfamiliar. --<i>The Financial Times </i>(U.K.)<br /><br /><i>The Translation of the Bones</i> is a well-tempered exploration of the haphazard, the religious and the madin beautifully musical sentences. --<b><i>The Daily Telegraph</i></b>
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  # Path of Bones
  
  
  ## A Cassie Quinn Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## L.T. Ryan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## with K.M. Rought
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [Liquid Mind Media, LLC](http://ltryan.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **PATH OF BONES**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **_A Cassie Quinn Mystery: Book One_**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _L.T. Ryan with K.M. Rought_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Copyright © 2020 by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought, and Liquid Mind Media, LLC. All
  rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced in any
  format, by any means, electronic or otherwise, without prior consent from the
  copyright owner and publisher of this book. This is a work of fiction. All
  characters, names, places and events are the product of the author's
  imagination or used fictitiously._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-b4fa6f3e5e844e67805a982acd12bd5a)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-b4fa6f3e5e844e67805a982acd12bd5a)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part00