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Light from distant stars: [a novel]

✍ Scribed by Smucker, Shawn


Publisher
Baker Publishing Group; Revell
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
450 KB
Category
Fiction
City
Grand Rapids, Michigan
ISBN
1493417738

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✦ Synopsis


When Cohen Marah steps over the body of his dead father on a cold spring morning, he steps into a labyrinth of memory. In the week that follows, he must confront his traumatic past, a violent present, and the most frightening question of all--did he kill his father?;Intro; Endorsements; Half Title Page; Other Books by Shawn Smucker; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Part One: Monday, March 16, 2015; 1. The Body; 2. The Preacher; 3. The Sycamore; 4. The Teacher; 5. The Phone Call; 6. The Old House; 7. The Detective; 8. The Bloody Nose; 9. The Trocar; 10. The Sock; 11. The Question; 12. A Letter; 13. "Onward, Christian Soldiers"; 14. The Confession; 15. Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?; 16. The Final Inning; 17. A Letter; 18. And All My Other Sins; Part Two: Tuesday, March 17, 2015; 19. The Beast; 20. The Boy; 21. The Current; 22. The Trailer

✦ Subjects


Fathers -- Death


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