We Are Called to Rise - Couverture souple

McBride, Laura

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1471132595 ISBN 13 : 9781471132599

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

An accessible, beautifully crafted and heartbreakingly topical novel about PTSI and the unseen effects of global conflict on ordinary lives.

Beyond the bright lights and casinos lies the real Las Vegas, a forces town. In the predawn hours, a woman's marriage crumbles with a single confession. Across the city, Bashkim, the young son of an immigrant family, observes how they are struggling to get by in the land of opportunity. Three thousand miles away on the other side of the United States, a soldier, recently returned from active service in Iraq, wakes up in hospital with the feeling he's done something awful.

In Laura McBride's heartbreaking and authentic novel, these disparate lives are brought together by one split-second choice; this is a story about families, the ones we are born to and the ones we choose to make. Faced with seemingly insurmountable loss, each person must decide whether to give in to despair, or to find the courage and resilience to rise.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Laura McBride studied at Yale University and for twenty-five years has lived with her family in Las Vegas, where she teaches English at the College of Southern Nevada. We Are Called to Rise is her first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1471132595
• ISBN 13: 9781471132599
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible