Father's Day: A Novel - Hardcover

Van Booy, Simon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062408941 ISBN 13: 9780062408945

Verlag: Harper, 2016

Über diesen Titel

Críticas:

"The moving account of a unique relationship between a parent and child, thrust together under the worst of circumstances. With fine, nuanced prose and much tenderness, Booy guides this unlikely father-daughter pair into a beautiful maturity, showing us with great heart what it really means to be a family."--Elizabeth Crane, author of The History of Great Things "[Van Booy's] facility with word choice and sentence structure can leave a reader swooning...[a] movingly understated drama punctuated with moments of quiet reflection."--Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic "Van Booy's great triumph comes in using a family secret to underscore the message that family is as much a choice as a blood tie. Although any reader will find something to love here, someone who has benefited from a perfectly imperfect family will wear the widest smile. This little book with a big heart is suitable not just for Father's Day, but for any day."--Shelf Awareness "Moving, redemptive new novel...The third-person narrative gives both characters their own, distinctive voices that nonetheless change over time. Van Booy creates refreshing, humorous, yet poignant childhood milestones that the two reach with emotional honesty."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) In Father's Day, Van Booy again deftly demonstrates that he is a master at the craft of storytelling.--Portland Press Herald "There's so much to enjoy along the way, from Mr. Van Booy's muted lyricism to the profusion of quiet domestic moments rendered in the strangely captivating way of Andre Dubus."--Baylis Greene, East Hampton Star "In this novel, Van Booy is at his most poignant, showing how redemption can arise from heartbreaking circumstances."-- Boston Globe

Reseña del editor:

The moving story of an orphaned girl named Harvey and the troubled uncle who raises her-an unforgettable tale of loss and redemption from the author of The Illusion of Separateness. At the age of six, a little girl named Harvey learns that her parents have died in a car accident. As she struggles to understand, a kindly social worker named Wanda introduces her to her only living relative: her uncle Jason, a disabled felon with a violent past and a criminal record. Despite his limitations-and his resistance-Wanda follows a hunch and cajoles Jason into becoming her legal guardian, convinced that each may be the other's last chance. Moving between past and present, Father's Day weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood and her life as a young woman in Paris, as she awaits her uncle's arrival for a Father's Day visit. To mark the occasion, Harvey has planned a series of gifts for Jason-all leading to a revelation she believes will only deepen their bond. With extraordinary empathy and emotional impact, the award-winning writer Simon Van Booy has crafted a simple yet luminous novel of loss and transcendence, second chances and forgiveness: a breakthrough work from one of our most gifted chroniclers of the human heart.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Harper
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0062408941
• ISBN 13: 9780062408945
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304