Brooke Witte’s Reviews > Dead Man's Walk > Status Update

“As she was finishing her song, the notes dipped down low—they carried a sadness that was more than a sadness at the death of men; rather it was a sadness at the lives of men, and of women.

It reminded those who heard the rising, dipping notes of notes of hopes that had been born, and, yet, died; of promise, and the failure of promise. Gus began to cry.”