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When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met?a disabled felon, haunted by a violent act he can't escape.Moving between past and present, Father's Day weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood on Long Island and her life as a young woman in Paris. Written in raw, spare prose that personifies the characters, this remarkable novel is the journey of two people searching for a future in the ruin of their past.Father's Day is a meditation on the quiet, sublime power of compassion and the beauty of simple, everyday things?a breakthrough work from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the human heart.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780062408952
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 304
  • Udgivet:
  • 25. april 2017
  • Størrelse:
  • 137x22x203 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 232 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 14. november 2024
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When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a veteran social worker, Wanda, and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met?a disabled felon, haunted by a violent act he can't escape.Moving between past and present, Father's Day weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood on Long Island and her life as a young woman in Paris. Written in raw, spare prose that personifies the characters, this remarkable novel is the journey of two people searching for a future in the ruin of their past.Father's Day is a meditation on the quiet, sublime power of compassion and the beauty of simple, everyday things?a breakthrough work from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the human heart.

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