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The Weight of Memory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800735319)
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Shawn Smucker
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x"Smucker crafts beautiful sentences and haunting characters that immerse readers in a world where anything is possible but not everything is real. Recommended for fans of Ted Dekker or Tosca Lee."--Library Journal
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When Paul Elias receives a terminal diagnosis, he leaves his physician's office in a fog. Only one thing is clear to him: if he is going to die, he must find someone to watch over his granddaughter, Pearl, who has been in his charge since her drug-addicted father disappeared. Paul decides to take her back to Nysa--both the place where he grew up and the place where he lost his beloved wife under strange circumstances forty years earlier.
But when he picks up Pearl from school, the little girl already seems to know of his plans, claiming a woman told her.
In Nysa, Paul reconnects with an old friend but is not prepared for the onslaught of memory. And when Pearl starts vanishing at night and returning with increasingly bizarre tales, Paul begins to question her sanity, his own views on death, and the nature of reality itself.
In this suspenseful and introspective story from award-winning author Shawn Smucker, the past and the present mingle like opposing breezes, teasing out the truth about life, death, and sacrifice.
"A resonant allegory about forgiveness and faith. Fans of James Rubart will want to take a look."--Publishers Weekly
Author: Shawn Smucker
ISBN-10: 0800735315
ISBN-13: 9780800735319
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2021
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021
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When Paul Elias receives a terminal diagnosis, he leaves his physician's office in a fog. Only one thing is clear to him: if he is going to die, he must find someone to watch over his granddaughter, Pearl, who has been in his charge since her drug-addicted father disappeared. Paul decides to take her back to Nysa--both the place where he grew up and the place where he lost his beloved wife under strange circumstances forty years earlier.
But when he picks up Pearl from school, the little girl already seems to know of his plans, claiming a woman told her.
In Nysa, Paul reconnects with an old friend but is not prepared for the onslaught of memory. And when Pearl starts vanishing at night and returning with increasingly bizarre tales, Paul begins to question her sanity, his own views on death, and the nature of reality itself.
In this suspenseful and introspective story from award-winning author Shawn Smucker, the past and the present mingle like opposing breezes, teasing out the truth about life, death, and sacrifice.
"A resonant allegory about forgiveness and faith. Fans of James Rubart will want to take a look."--Publishers Weekly
Author: Shawn Smucker
ISBN-10: 0800735315
ISBN-13: 9780800735319
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2021
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.10d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 63
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021
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