The Longitude of Grief

✍ Scribed by Matthew Daddona

• Book ID: 115140489
• Publisher: Wandering Aengus Press
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9798218404925

✦ Synopsis

"A mesmerizing read. In The Longitude of Grief, Matthew Daddona traces the complex connections among a boy, his family, and his community. This dark coming-of-age tale explores the ebb and flow of intimacies and betrayals in a small town over the course of the years. A debut rich with melancholy beauty and emotional acumen." - Helen Phillips, author of The Need

Henry Manero wants to grow up. But growing up is seldom the same as moving on. In this poetic and at times philosophical coming-of-age novel, Henry must learn to navigate his inherited guilt and trauma alongside several generations of dispirited loners-among them his absent father, suffering mother, three wild cousins, and bumbling stepfather. When Henry befriends an elderly man, Josef, whose sagaciousness presents new possibilities in life, he wonders if he can escape the trappings of his small town, and of his own mind. Will Henry achieve a newfound sense of self with the help of...