Synopses & Reviews
When high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives. But when Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right.
While Maureen fights to regain her sanity, Caelum discovers five generations' worth of diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings in his family's house. As unimaginable secrets emerge, Caelum grapples with the past and struggles to fashion a future from the ashes of tragedy. His quest for meaning is at once mythic and contemporary, personal and quintessentially American.
Synopsis
The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author and two-time Oprah's Book Club pick delivers his first novel in more than a decade--the story of a woman haunted by the events at Columbine High School and her husband's examination of his family's past.
About the Author
Wally Lamb is the author of four previous novels, including the
New York Times and national bestseller
The Hour I First Believed and
Wishin' and Hopin', a bestselling novella. His first two works of fiction,
She's Come Undone and
I Know This Much Is True, were both number one
New York Times bestsellers and selections of Oprah's Book Club. Lamb edited
Couldn't Keep It to Myself and
I'll Fly Away, two volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut where he has been a volunteer facilitator for fifteen years. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Christine. The Lambs are the parents of three sons.
George Guidall is one of the foremost narrators in the audiobook industry, having recorded over 500 unabridged books ranging from classics to contemporary bestsellers. He is the recipient of the 1999 Audie Award presented by the Audio Publishers Association for the best narration of unabridged fiction.