Angels Crest

Zusatztext “Compelling . . . precise! lyrical . . . truly moving.” — The Washington Post Book World “This beautiful! moving novel works brilliantly as a study of a tragedy and the various characters’ reactions to the tragedy itself! as well as how it causes them to reexamine their own lives.” — Booklist “A tender! closely-observed tale in which a tragedy in a small mountain town reverberates among its eccentric cast of residents. Each deeply wounded in his or her experience of life! they nevertheless form a community in which loss can be held and a future made possible. Leslie Schwartz writes with precision and grace." --Janet Fitch! author of White Oleander Informationen zum Autor Leslie Schwartz is the author of Jumping the Green , which won the James Jones Literary Society Award for Best First Novel. Her short stories have appeared in dozens of literary journals, and her nonfiction has been published in the Los Angeles Times , Shape , Self , and other magazines and newspapers. She teaches fiction writing at UCLA Extension and poetry to at-risk high school students through PEN in the Classroom. She is also a mentor for young writers through PEN’s Emerging Voices fellowship program and writes a monthly column for the nonprofit Council of Literary Magazines and Presses based in New York City. She lives in Los Angeles. Klappentext It only takes a moment for a life to change forever. Ethan Denton is a lucky man. Lately things have gone his way-like being granted custody of Nate! his three-year-old son. But when he takes the child up to Angels Crest early one morning to show him the mountains! Ethan's luck changes instantaneously. In an impulsive decision any parent might make! he leaves his son asleep in the back seat while he follows a pair of magnificent buck! just for a minute-but when he returns the truck's door is open! the child is gone! and snow is falling . . .As townspeople gather to aid in the search! the boy's disappearance resurrects old wounds and regrets for each of them. But it also provides the chance for love and redemption! as they struggle to make sense of the inexplicable. Leseprobe Ethan Ethan woke slowly. The metal scent of a storm in the air. His heart quickened at the marvel of his life. Me , he thought, and the word came and went like a flash of light. He got out of bed and put on his jeans. On a pallet on the floor, Nate lay sleeping. Ethan stood for a moment and gazed at him. Since the day his son was born, Ethan had always thought of Nate as his North Star. Now, he bent down and pushed the hair back from Nate's forehead. "C'mon buddy, time to go." Nate stirred. Ethan didn't bother to change him out of his footie pajamas, he simply put a parka over him and picked him up. He knew, if need be, there was a pair of shoes in the truck. "Balloon, daddy," Nate said, still half asleep. Ethan bent down and picked up the now-deflated balloon from Nate's third birthday party the day before. Nate grabbed it and held onto it while Ethan shimmied into his coat, balancing Nate first in one arm, then the other. He was getting so big, almost too heavy to hold anymore. Dawn was at least an hour away. It was cold but Ethan could feel the subtle warmth of the coming snowstorm. He knew by the fragrant scent in the air that the storm was close. It was early for snow--just the first of December--but Ethan could feel how it threatened, how monstrous it would be. He imagined the way the clouds had journeyed almost 400 miles from the coast along the jet stream, packing more and more power on their way here, to this place, on this day of his life. He bundled his son into the car seat and started the truck, turning the heat on. As he pulled out of the driveway and drove down the dirt road to the main highway, Nate said, "Brother Powell says I need to go t...

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Schwartz
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2005
• EAN: 9781400076451
• ISBN: 978-1-4000-7645-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 201 mm x 17 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature