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Snow Angels

by Stewart O'Nan

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Arthur Parkinson is fourteen during the dreary winter of 1974, experiencing the confusing pangs of adolescence and the pain of his parents' divorce. His world is shattered further by the sudden and violent death of Annie Marchand, his beloved former baby-sitter. Narrated by the adult Arthur, who continues to be haunted by memories, the story of a young man's unraveling family and the circumstances leading up to Annie's death forms the backdrop for an intimate tale of the price of love and belonging, told in a spare, translucent, and unexpectedly tender voice.

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"A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing." Newsday

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"Beautiful and harrowing....An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands the tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other." Elle

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"Stunning....A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love....Wonderfully effective...O' Nan sees with a vengeance." The New York Times Book Review

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"Haunting...a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts....Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex." The Washington Post Book World

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"Shines with a cold, stark light....Strangely beautiful." Los Angeles Times

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Soon to be a major motion picture from Warner Independent starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale

Arthur Parkinson is fourteen during the dreary winter of 1974. Enduring the pain of his parents' divorce, his world is shattered when his beloved former babysitter, Annie, falls victim to a tragic series of events. The interlinking stories of Arthur's unraveling family, and of Annie's fate, form the backdrop of this intimate tale about the price of love and belonging, told in a spare, translucent, and unexpectedly tender voice.

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Narrated by a man haunted by the memories of a painful childhood and the death of a love one, forming an intimate tale of the price of love and belonging.
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Stewart O'Nan is the award-winning author of A Prayer for the Dying, Snow Angels, A World Away and, most recently, Wish You Were Here. Granta named him one of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Avon, Connecticut.
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ISBN:
9780312422769
Author:
O'Nan, Stewart
Publisher:
Picador USA
Subject:
General
Subject:
Teenage boys
Subject:
Pennsylvania
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
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Thrillers
Subject:
Family life
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Literary
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Literature-A to Z
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Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20031031
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TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
336
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7.83 x 5.79 x 0.91 in
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Product details 336 pages Picador USA - English 9780312422769 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A thriller of the heart, at once suspenseful and emotionally absorbing."
"Review" by , "Beautiful and harrowing....An exquisite double helix, each of its two strands the tale of an unraveling family, curving in tenuous but essential relation to the other."
"Review" by , "Stunning....A truthful and deeply sad picture of the American hinterland, which has lost religion and maybe also lost its capacity for sustained love....Wonderfully effective...O' Nan sees with a vengeance."
"Review" by , "Haunting...a whole that's much more than the sum of its parts....Moving, beautifully constructed, morally complex."
"Review" by , "Shines with a cold, stark light....Strangely beautiful."
"Synopsis" by ,
Soon to be a major motion picture from Warner Independent starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale

Arthur Parkinson is fourteen during the dreary winter of 1974. Enduring the pain of his parents' divorce, his world is shattered when his beloved former babysitter, Annie, falls victim to a tragic series of events. The interlinking stories of Arthur's unraveling family, and of Annie's fate, form the backdrop of this intimate tale about the price of love and belonging, told in a spare, translucent, and unexpectedly tender voice.
"Synopsis" by , Narrated by a man haunted by the memories of a painful childhood and the death of a love one, forming an intimate tale of the price of love and belonging.
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