House on Fire - Softcover

Liebhart, D.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987461518

Verlag: 9:25 Books, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

How far would you go to keep a promise?

Bernadette Rogers swore she’d never put her father in a nursing home. Does that include euthanizing him to keep her word? Her mother thinks it does. Bernadette isn’t so sure. And even if she were, it’s not like you can walk into a drug store and buy Nembutal.

As an ICU nurse she’s no stranger to the blunt realities of death, but her mother’s request to help her father—who’s disappearing into the abyss of dementia—go “peacefully” blindsides her. Her mother thinks it’s assisted suicide. Bernadette knows better. Even if they do it for all the right reasons, it would still be murder.

Surrounded by conflicting voices, Bernadette doesn't know which way to turn. Her self-righteous sister insists it's a sin. Her magnanimous ex thinks her mother will try it alone. Then her best friend offers to help. What was supposed to be a relaxing two-week break becomes an emotional rollercoaster as Bernadette is forced to make an agonizing decision about her beloved father and figure out just how far she’s willing to go for love.

For fans of Jodi Picoult and Lisa Genova, House on Fire is an unforgettable story of family, friendship, and the promises we aren’t sure anyone should honor.

• WINNER Fiction Book - Pager Turner Awards
• WINNER Women’s Fiction - Pager Turner Awards
• WINNER Best Debut - Pager Turner Awards
• WINNER Contemporary Novel - Firebird Awards
• HONORABLE MENTION Fiction - Writer's Digest
• LONG-LISTED - Petrichor Prize for Finely Crafted Fiction

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

D. Liebhart is a nurse and writer. She writes (and sometimes lives) stories about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, where they learn that life is rarely predictable and answers to the most complex questions are almost never black and white.House on Fire, her debut novel, won the 2023 Page Turner Awards for book and debut and was long-listed for the 2022 Petrichor Prize. Her essay Thalassophobia (a true account of a very out-of-the-ordinary honeymoon) won the 2021 Linda Julian Creative Nonfiction Prize from Emrys Journal and is available on her website.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: 9:25 Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798987461518
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 282
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg