The Sweet Relief of Missing Children: A Novel
Author | : Sarah Braunstein |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2011-02-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393081541 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393081540 |
Rating | : 4/5 (540 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sweet Relief of Missing Children: A Novel written by Sarah Braunstein and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-28 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize "A magnificent debut filled with characters so vivid, strange, and richly imagined, you emerge feeling changed." —Sarah Shun-lien Bynum In New York City, a girl called Lenora vanishes without a trace. Years earlier and miles upstate, Goldie, a wild, negligent mother, searches for a man to help raise her precocious son, Paul, who later discovers that the only way to save his soul is to run away. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children is a suspenseful novel about the power of running and the desire for reinvention. It explores the terror and transcendence of our most central experiences: childhood, parenthood, sex, love.