A Million Heavens

@2@In a hospital in a small New Mexico town, a father sits by the bed of his young son, who is in a coma. Outside, a group of locals gather to hold vigil for the boy, each drawn by their own reasons.@3@@2@Every member of the group has their own story. There's Dannie, a 33-year-old woman, desperate for children, and fighting to salvage her relationship with her 20-year-old boyfriend. Then there's Cecelia - a musician who is grieving for a man who never knew he was the love of her life. And then there's Mayor Carbrera - half-heartedly trying to keep the town afloat, and holding out hope that a religious cult will move in and become the answer to all his problems.@3@@2@Hugely acclaimed when published in the US, @18@A Million Heavens@19@ is an extraordinary novel by one of the most promising young American authors.@3@

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[John Brandon] deftly renders a desert wilderness where human hearts are compelled to seek isolation from the pains of the world, but tend to find connectedness despite themselves Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: John Brandon, Brandon John
• Publisher: Abacus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2013
• EAN: 9780349138862
• ISBN: 978-0-349-13886-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 235 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Citrus County; literary; American