Waiting to Vanish
A Novel| By: | Ann Hood |
| Publisher: | Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press) |
| Print ISBN: | 9781480466838 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781480466883 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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A family heals in unexpected ways in the wake of senseless tragedy Alexander Porter is on the phone with his six-year-old son when he is struck by lightning and killed. It is a freak accident, without meaning or justice. Alex?s sudden death disintegrates his family. His mother takes off for a new life in California. His father descends into kleptomania. His ex-wife begins selling makeup door to door. His sister mourns by taking Sam, Alex?s son, on a journey into the family?s past, putting her own life on hold. Young Sam, who heard his own father die, has gone silent. Narrated from a symphony of perspectives,?Waiting to Vanish?is the story of a family coping with devastating loss as they begin the brave, bruising business of getting on with it. In the process, they discover their own paths through life.