**The remarkable third novel in the βharrowingβ (_Associated Press_), βkillerβ (_Minneapolis Star Tribune_) new series about the real Deep South from the _New York Times_ βbestselling author.** A year after becoming sheriff, Quinn Colson is faced with the release of an infamous murderer from pri
The Broken Places
β Scribed by Perabo, Susan
- Book ID
- 109899582
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0743213254
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β¦ Synopsis
Susan Perabo's short-story collection, Who I Was Supposed to Be, was named a Best Book of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times, The Miami Herald, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Boston Globe proclaimed the debut "a stunning introduction to a fresh new literary talent." Now Susan Perabo returns with The Broken Places, her eagerly anticipated novel about love and honor and how the aftermath of one terrifying night -- and one heroic act -- affects a close-knit family.
Twelve-year-old Paul Tucker knows his family is something akin to royalty in small-town Casey, Pennsylvania. His father, Sonny, is a dedicated career fireman, in line for the position of chief, long held by Paul's late grandfather, a local legend whose heroics continue to occupy the hearts and minds of all who knew and worked with him. Paul's mother, Laura, is a math teacher at the high school; Paul is sometimes annoyed by her worries over him (and her apparent lack of worry over his father)...
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