# Road Longer Than Memory: Literary Fiction with the Page-Turning Tension of a Psychological Mystery - Paperback

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by **Melanie McCabe** (Author)

**Sometimes the road home runs through everything you tried to forget**

After a failed relationship and an unsettled teaching career, Sara Barlow returns to her childhood home in Arlington, Virginia, hoping for a fresh start. But when she applies for a job at her old high school, a chance glimpse into the gymnasium shakes her to the core--she spots the man she suspects was involved in a classmate's violent death a decade earlier.

Haunted by the past, Sara confronts the memories she's spent years trying to suppress: her sister Suzanne's fatal car crash, her secret summer with the reckless Devlin Barrie, and the anonymous 911 call she made after witnessing what she believes was a murder. As the construction of Interstate 66 physically fractures her community, Sara grapples with emotional fault lines of her own--guilt, silence, and buried truth.

Set against the backdrop of suburban upheaval in the 1970s and '80s, _Road Longer Than Memory_ is a compelling story of memory, reckoning, and the cost of what we leave unsaid.

**Perfect for fans of Tana French and William Kent Krueger**

### Author Biography

**Melanie McCabe** is the award-winning author of four poetry collections and a memoir. _Road Longer Than Memory_ is her debut novel. Her work has appeared in _The Washington Post_, _Reader's Digest_, _The Georgia Review_, _The Massachusetts Review_, _Shenandoah_, and other national publications. A lifelong Virginian, she taught high school English and creative writing in Arlington for over two decades.

**Number of Pages:** 300

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN

**Publication Date:** June 02, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 26.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Literary, Mystery & Detective, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers, Women Sleuths

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