β Scribed by Weber, Katharine
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"Stark and compelling . . . Rigorously unsentimental yet suffused with emotion: possibly the best work yet from an always stimulating writer."βKirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A brilliantly crafted novel, brimming with heart."βTayari Jones, author of An American Marriage
"Rich and compelling . . . Her characters are vividly, achingly real, including the tiny, furry one at the novel's center."βAnn Packer, author of The Dive From Clausen's Pier
Duncan Wheeler is a successful architect who savors the quotidian pleasures in life until a car accident leaves him severely paralyzed and haunted by the death of his young assistant. Now, Duncan isn't sure what there is left to live for, when every day has become "a broken series of unsuccessful gestures."
Duncan and his wife, Laura, find themselves in conflict as Duncan's will to live falters. Laura grows desperate to help him. An art conservator who has her own relationship to the repair of broken...
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