Where Things Come Back by Whaley
Brand: Simon & Schuster
Product Description
Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz and William C. Morris Awards this poignant and hilarious story of loss and redemption explores the process of grief second chances and even the meaning of life Kirkus Reviews. In the remarkable bizarre and heartwrenching summer before Cullen Witters senior year of high school he is forced to examine everything he thinks he understands about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town. His cousin overdoses his town becomes absurdly obsessed with the alleged reappearance of an extinct woodpecker and most troubling of all his sensitive gifted fifteenyearold brother Gabriel suddenly and inexplicably disappears. Meanwhile the crisis of faith spawned by a young missionarys disillusion in Africa prompts a frantic search for meaning that has farreaching consequences. As distant as the two stories initially seem they are woven together through masterful plotting and merge in a surprising and harrowing climax. This extraordinary tale from a rare literary voice finds wonder in the ordinary and illuminates the hope of second chances. show more
Condition : New
Author : Whaley
Weight : 295
Publisher : SIMON ampamp SCHUSTER
Language : English
EAN : 9781442413344
ISBN10 : 1442413344
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20110101
Place of Publication : New York NY United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 140 X 210 X 19mm