Every Visible Thing: A Novel (P.S.) - Softcover

Carey, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060937424 ISBN 13: 9780060937423

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2017

Synopsis

Five years ago the eldest Furey son, Hugh, ran off into the night and never returned. His parents, estranged by grief, are trying to put the tragedy behind them after a long, exhausting, and fruitless search. His mother, recovering from an emotional breakdown, has lost herself in a new career; Hugh's father, having abandoned his faith and his position as a theology professor, now cares halfheartedly for their two remaining children. Left more or less to fend for themselves, ten-year-old Owen and fifteen-year-old Lena struggle to hold on to their brother's memory--an increasingly self-destructive obsession that gives rise to angel fantasies, drug use, quixotic quests, and dangerous experimentation that will ultimately force a damaged family to confront its past and find a future.

About this title

Product Description:

Pub Date: 2007-08-07 Pages: 336 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US The third volume of Thomas Mertons journals chronicles Mertons attempts to reconcile his desire for solitude and contemplation with the demands of his new-found celebrity status within the strictures of conventional monastic life.

Review:

"[P]rose that blossoms like a bruise, both aching and vivid . . . heartbreaking and, ultimately, redemptive. A-"--Entertainment Weekly

"I read EVERY VISIBLE THING...late into the night, loath to put it down even to sleep...[A] remarkable feat."--Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

"Carey skillfully unfolds . . . a compelling, believable portrait of the confusion of adolescence."--Associated Press

"Powerful . . . Carey's compelling, dark, and frightening story does promise a glimmer of hope."--Library Journal (starred review)

"Graceful, affecting . . . rewarding, suffused in lucid grief and delicate longings."--Publishers Weekly

"Heartfelt . . . Carey details the Fureys' disintegration and tentative steps toward rapprochement."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"[B]racing insight and sensitivity...a dramatic reminder of just what a corrosive mixture grief and silence can be."--Washington Post Book World

"It's impossible not to be swept along by the untidy, ultimately hopeful family drama."--Booklist

[P]rose that blossoms like a bruise, both aching and vivid . . . heartbreaking and, ultimately, redemptive. A- --Entertainment Weekly"

Carey skillfully unfolds . . . a compelling, believable portrait of the confusion of adolescence. --Associated Press"

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0060937424
• ISBN 13: 9780060937423
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 338