From the author of publishing sensation The Mourning Hours comes a powerful new novel that explores every parents worst nightmare….The Kaufmans have always considered themselves a normal, happy family. Curtis is a physics teacher at a local high school. His wife, Kathleen, restores furniture for upscale boutiques. Daniel is away at college on a prestigious music scholarship, and twelve-year-old Olivia is a happy-go-lucky kid whose biggest concern is passing her next math test.And then comes the middle-of-the-night phone call that changes everything. Daniel has been killed in what the police are calling a "e;freak"e; road accident, and the remaining Kaufmans are left to flounder in their grief.The anguish of Daniel’s death is isolating, and it’s not long before this once-perfect family finds itself falling apart. As time passes and the wound refuses to heal, Curtis becomes obsessed with the idea of revenge, a growing mania that leads him to pack up his life and his anxious teenage daughter and set out on a collision course to right a wrong.An emotionally charged novel, The Fragile World is a journey through America’s heartland and a family’s brightest and darkest moments, exploring the devastating pain of losing a child and the beauty of finding healing in unexpected ways."e;A heart-stopping series of events drives The Fragile World…. The result is a gripping read, but one that delivers, by the book’s end, a beautiful reminder of the resilience of love."e; Karen Brown, author of The Longings of Wayward Girls
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Аудиокнигу читает: Jessica Almasy, Will Damron
На Zvooq-Knigi.ru: с 20.05.2020
