| Every Visible Thing Contributor(s): Carey, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060937424 ISBN-13: 9780060937423 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: The author of "In the Country of the Young" and "The Mermaids Singing" presents a darkly absorbing, deeply realistic portrait of adolescence and a family that must learn to face its past in order to find a future. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - Siblings - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.3" W x 8.02" (0.56 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111424 Reading Level: 6.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Five years ago the eldest Furey son, Hugh, ran off into the night and never returned. His parents, estranged by grief, are trying to put the tragedy behind them after a long, exhausting, and fruitless search. His mother, recovering from an emotional breakdown, has lost herself in a new career; Hugh's father, having abandoned his faith and his position as a theology professor, now cares halfheartedly for their two remaining children. Left more or less to fend for themselves, ten-year-old Owen and fifteen-year-old Lena struggle to hold on to their brother's memory--an increasingly self-destructive obsession that gives rise to angel fantasies, drug use, quixotic quests, and dangerous experimentation that will ultimately force a damaged family to confront its past and find a future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Carey, Lisa: - Lisa Carey is the author of The Mermaids Singing, In the Country of the Young, and Love in the Asylum. She lived in Ireland for five years and now resides in Portland, Maine, with her husband and their son. |