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Ordinary Sun by Tyler Martinez is a haunting, tender novel about grief, estrangement, and the long road back to belonging.

When Dave Sanders learns of his estranged brother’s suicide, he’s called back to Minden, Nebraska — a town steeped in regret and resentment — to retrieve the ashes. What begins as a reluctant errand becomes a reckoning, as Dave is left to sift through the remnants of a fractured, isolated childhood.

Accompanied by the shadow of his dead brother, a hitchhiker, and a survivor of domestic abuse, Dave must decide what it means to live under a tragically ordinary sun.

Told with dry humor, aching honesty, and a deep reverence for the quiet moments that shape us, Ordinary Sun is a story about the weight of silence, the courage to be seen, and the possibility of healing. Even after everything.

For anyone who’s ever wondered if it’s too late to come back.