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Traveling Light (P.S.)

by Katrina Kittle

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ISBN13: 9780061451379
ISBN10: 0061451371
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"Travel light and you can sing in the robber's face" was the best advice Summer Zwolenick ever received from her father, though she didn't recognize it at the time. Three years after the accident that ended her career as a ballerina, she is back in the familiar suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, teaching at a local high school. But it wasn't nostalgia that called Summer home. It was her need to spend quality time with her brother, Todd, and his devoted partner, Jacob. Todd, the golden athlete whose strength and spirit encouraged Summer to nurture her own unique talents and follow her dream, is in the final stages of a terminal illness. In a few short months, he will be dead—leaving Summer only a handful of precious days to learn all the lessons her brother still has to teach her . . . from how to love and how to live to how to let go.

Traveling Light is the deeply moving debut novel from Katrina Kittle, the acclaimed author of The Kindness of Strangers—an unforgettable story of love, bonds, and promises that endure longer than life itself.

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A dancer-turned-school teacher encounters a string of bad luck in the form of a career-ending injury and the slow death of her brother. But it is in trying to fulfill a promise made long ago that Summer will meet her greatest challenge and realize how truly fortunate she is.

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A dancer turned schoolteacher, Summer is still recovering from the injury that ended her promising career in the arts. Her lover, Nicholas, fears she's depending on him to fulfill her remaining dreams and hopes. And, most ominously of all, her cherished brother, Todd, is slowly dying. In the tranquil suburbs of Ohio, as these difficult days crawl forward, Summer will come to terms with life, death, relationships, and her father's enigmatic, long-ago injunction to travel light. She will learn that true love transcends all illness, distrust, and the cruelty of time. But it is in trying to fulfill a promise made to her brother long ago that Summer will meet her greatest challenge — and realize how truly fortunate she is.
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Katrina Kittle is the author of Two Truths and a Lieand The Kindness of Strangers. She lives in Dayton, Ohio, where she teaches English and theatre at the Miami Valley School.
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This is an excellent book about treasuring life. It is a beautiful story told by an author with a very articulate and succinct voice. It is her first novel and my favorite. I have given the book to many friends as a gift over the years. Highly recommend. It is a story that will stay with you.
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ISBN:
9780061451379
Author:
Kittle, Katrina
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
Author:
by Katrina Kittle
Subject:
General
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Brothers and sisters
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Gay men
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade PB
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P.S.
Publication Date:
20080631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
8 x 8 x 0.25 in 8.96 oz
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"Synopsis" by , A dancer-turned-school teacher encounters a string of bad luck in the form of a career-ending injury and the slow death of her brother. But it is in trying to fulfill a promise made long ago that Summer will meet her greatest challenge and realize how truly fortunate she is.
"Synopsis" by , A dancer turned schoolteacher, Summer is still recovering from the injury that ended her promising career in the arts. Her lover, Nicholas, fears she's depending on him to fulfill her remaining dreams and hopes. And, most ominously of all, her cherished brother, Todd, is slowly dying. In the tranquil suburbs of Ohio, as these difficult days crawl forward, Summer will come to terms with life, death, relationships, and her father's enigmatic, long-ago injunction to travel light. She will learn that true love transcends all illness, distrust, and the cruelty of time. But it is in trying to fulfill a promise made to her brother long ago that Summer will meet her greatest challenge — and realize how truly fortunate she is.
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