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Only Child
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kivlighan de Montebello
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Publisher's Summary
For fans of Room and the novels of Jodi Picoult, a dazzling, tenderhearted debut about healing, family, and the exquisite wisdom of children, narrated by a six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts, and the quietest voices speak the loudest.
Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking 19 lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.
What the critics say
"One of the big debuts of next year." (Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal)
"A powerful exercise in empathy and perspective." ( Kirkus Reviews)
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 2020-02-10
don't listen when driving
Good story, great narrating. Do t listen when driving as it made me tear up many times. Hearing a child's voice recounting a school shooting was very emotional.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Kathryn
- 2018-07-08
A straightforward look at grief
This is not the kind of book that generally interests me, but I found the child's perspective compelling and believable. The narration is clear and crisp. The devastation at the senseless killing of school school aged child among members of a family is realistic., complete with the break up of parents, who in their grief, struggle to communicate. The religious prespective that comforts the child was somewhat off-putting to myself , as is the lack of social and political context for school shootings. That is why I give it 3 stars. The family's final act of forgiveness of the shooter's father is a first step toward resolution, but left me somewhat disappointed. An easy read and realistic look at PTSD, but somewhat unsatisfying without a look at what leads to these mass tragedies.
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