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The Book of Jonas
by Dau, Stephen
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399158456
- ISBN 13
- 9780399158452
- Seller
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Kennebunkport, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Blue Rider Press, 2012-03-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing, full number line starting with "1". DJ intact and in very good condition. Minor wear, mostly around the edges. No markings noted.. Unconditional money back guarantee.
Synopsis
An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate-foster family, school, a first love. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas' village was destroyed. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final page. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens when foreign disaster appears at our own doorstep. It is a rare and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to watch.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TangledWebMysteries
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 096821
- Title
- The Book of Jonas
- Author
- Dau, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399158456
- ISBN 13
- 9780399158452
- Publisher
- Blue Rider Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012-03-15
- X weight
- 14 oz
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About TangledWebMysteries
Tangled Web Mysteries and Oddities was started in 1995 as a bookstore in downtown historic Salem, MA, and is now based in beautiful Kennebunkport, Maine. We are a Mother and Daughter run business, and have been selling online since 2001. We specialize in hard to find mystery series, children's books, and other collectible and hard to find titles.
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