2009, ISBN: 9780061758096

A Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), A sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart.A sure-footed excavation into the nuances of everyday terrorthe kind that turns devotion int… More...

A Novel, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), A sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart.A sure-footed excavation into the nuances of everyday terrorthe kind that turns devotion into despair, trust into treachery, love into loss. Its pull is irresistible.Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Song of SolomonQuietly absorbing . . . the slow pileup of events takes on unexpected, if mild urgency . . . wholly original and convincing. New York Times Book ReviewLuther Albright is a builder of dams, a man whose greatest pride (besides his family) is running his hands over the true planes of the house he built himself and knowing that hes constructed something that will shield and shelter them from harm.A relatively minor incident -- an earthquake that shakes his Sacramento homereveals fault lines and cracks in the facade of his family. His teenage sons behavior becomes increasingly bizarre and threatening, his devoted wife more distant, and then a dam of Luthers design comes under investigation for structural flaws exposed by the tremors. In the midst of his heartbreaking family dissolution, Luther must battle against the need to withhold his emotions and push his family even farther away.Nightmarish meanings begin to shout at Luther from the most innocent of places as debut novelist MacKenzie Bezos tightens her net of psychological suspense around the reader with bravura skill. In the spirit of Rosellen Brown and Alice McDermott, this is a harrowing portrait of an ordinary man who finds himself tested and strives not to be found wanting. [PU: Harpercollins], Seiten: 272, Harpercollins, 2009<

ISBN: 9780061758096

A sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart.A sure-footed excavation into the nuances of everyday terrorthe kind that turns devotion into despair, trust into treachery, love in… More...

A sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart.A sure-footed excavation into the nuances of everyday terrorthe kind that turns devotion into despair, trust into treachery, love into loss. Its pull is irresistible.Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and author of Song of SolomonQuietly absorbing . . . the slow pileup of events takes on unexpected, if mild urgency . . . wholly original and convincing. New York Times Book ReviewLuther Albright is a builder of dams, a man whose greatest pride (besides his family) is running his hands over the true planes of the house he built himself and knowing that hes constructed something that will shield and shelter them from harm.A relatively minor incident -- an earthquake that shakes his Sacramento homereveals fault lines and cracks in the facade of his family. His teenage sons behavior becomes increasingly bizarre and threatening, his devoted wife more distant, and then a dam of Luthers design comes under investigation for structural flaws exposed by the tremors. In the midst of his heartbreaking family dissolution, Luther must battle against the need to withhold his emotions and push his family even farther away.Nightmarish meanings begin to shout at Luther from the most innocent of places as debut novelist MacKenzie Bezos tightens her net of psychological suspense around the reader with bravura skill. In the spirit of Rosellen Brown and Alice McDermott, this is a harrowing portrait of an ordinary man who finds himself tested and strives not to be found wanting.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, HarperCollins<

ISBN: 9780061758096

Luther Albright is a devoted father and a designer of dams, a self-controlled man who believes he can engineer happiness for his family by sheltering them from his own emotions.But when a… More...

Luther Albright is a devoted father and a designer of dams, a self-controlled man who believes he can engineer happiness for his family by sheltering them from his own emotions.But when an earthquake shakes his Sacramento home, the world Luther has constructed with such care begins to tilt: his son's behavior becomes increasingly bizarre and threatening, his loving wife seems to grow distant, the house he built with his own hands shows its first signs of decay, and a dam of his design comes under investigation for structural flaws exposed by the tremors. Nightmarish connections begin to whisper at Luther from the most innocent of places as debut novelist MacKenzie Bezos tightens her net of psychological suspense around the reader with bravura skill. This is a harrowing portrait of an ordinary man who finds himself tested and strives not to be found wanting.; EPUB; Fiction > Modern & contemporary fiction, HarperCollins<

2009, ISBN: 9780061758096

HarperCollins e-books, Kindle Edition, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 832532, Family Life, Genre Fiction, Literature… More...

HarperCollins e-books, Kindle Edition, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 832532, Family Life, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Books, Psychological, United States, Contemporary, Literary, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Kindle eBooks, Categories, Kindle Store, Contemporary Fiction, Specialty Stores, Whispersync for Voice 3.95, English Language Store, Word Wise Enabled, v3 Testing Node2, Format: Kindle eBook, HarperCollins e-books, 2009<

2009, ISBN: 9780061758096

HarperCollins e-books, Kindle Edition, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 1126264, Special Features, Books, Contemporary… More...

HarperCollins e-books, Kindle Edition, 272 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-10-13T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Verkaufsrang: 1126264, Special Features, Books, Contemporary Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Literary Fiction, Psychological, Thrillers, Crime, Thriller & Mystery, Kindle eBooks, Categories, Kindle Store, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, American, Family Life, Genre Fiction, United States, World Literature, Whispersync for Voice, Format: Kindle eBook, HarperCollins e-books, 2009<