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The Testing of Luther Albright is the debut novel of MacKenzie Scott, published in 2005 by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. [1] Plot. Luther Albright is a devoted father and a designer of dams, a self-controlled man who believes, he can engineer happiness for his family by sheltering them from his own emotions.
Jul 1, 2005 · The Testing of Luther Albright is MacKenzie Scott’s debut novel published under her previous name. The 239-page book explores the mental and emotional states and the actions of Luther Albright, who resolves to keep his wife (Liz) and son (Elliot) in a bubble.
Jul 25, 2006 · In "The Testing of Luther Albright," MacKenzie Bezos draws you into the intimacy of Luther Albright's mind. We hear his every thought and experience every nuance. The writing is personal and inviting all while it is occasionally especially revealing.
Aug 1, 2005 · In the midst of his heartbreaking family dissolution, Luther must battle against the need to withhold his emotions and push his family even farther away. Nightmarish meanings begin to shout at...
Aug 1, 2005 · The Testing of Luther Albright: A Novel Kindle Edition. by MacKenzie Bezos (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 125. See all formats and editions. “A sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart. A sure-footed excavation into the nuances of everyday terror—the kind that turns devotion into despair, trust into treachery, love into loss.
A civil engineer and devoted father, Luther Albright is alarmed when he sees cracks developing in the facade of his family. His teenage son's behaviour is becoming increasingly bizarre and...
Jul 25, 2006 · In MacKenzie Bezos' quietly absorbing first novel, The Testing of Luther Albright, the jumble of pipes and tubing snaking through her protagonist's modest two-story house is his very soul writ large. As an emotionally repressed young man, Luther built it and laid the plumbing with his own hands.
