Descent : a novel / by Tim Johnston.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616203047
- ISBN: 1616203048
- Physical Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, NC 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso. |
Summary, etc.: | "Descent, the story of a family undone by the disappearance of a daughter who went out for a morning run and didn't come back, marks the adult fiction debut of a remarkable young writer. Stunning in its emotional impact, Descent is a compulsively readable page-turner with a strong literary sensibility. The girl's vanishing--on a sunny, late-summer vacation morning--all the more devastating for its mystery, is the beginning the family's harrowing journey down increasingly divergent and solitary paths, until all that continues to bind them to each other are the questions they can never bring themselves to ask: At what point does a family stop searching? At what point does a girl stop fighting for her life? In the weeks and months that follow, hope leads to disillusionment, and each of them--father, mother, son--withdraws into emotional isolation, individually assessing the blame and assuming the responsibility for their collective loss. Haunting and unforgettable, Descent is a novel that will grab the reader's heart and mind, and will linger there long after the last page is turned"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Missing persons > Fiction. Abduction > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Loss (Psychology) > Fiction. Rocky Mountains Region > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 30 of 33 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Thomaston Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 33 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Thomaston Public Library | FIC JOHNSTON (Text) | 34020126920717 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Ansonia Public Library | MYS JOHNSTON, TIM (Text) | 34045117353834 | Adult Mystery | Checked out | 04/08/2024 |
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC JOHNSTO (Text) | 33750000055119 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Joh (Text) | 33160125543168 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F JOHNSTON (Text) | 34030130270157 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF JOH (Text) | 33260000190505 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/JOHNSTON (Text) | 34029131962200 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC JOHNSTON (Text) | 34014132498990 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | THR JOH (Text) | 34046131359658 | Adult Thriller | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | FIC JOH (Text) | 34047129732872 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |