Census
✍ Scribed by Jesse Ball
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2017;2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 006267613X
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✦ Synopsis
NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018 BY
**The New York Times • The Chicago Reader • Nylon • The Boston Globe• **The Huffington Post • The Rumpus • The AV Club • Southern Living • The Millions • Buzzfeed
A powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of towns
When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn't have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son--a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son.
Traveling into the country,...
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