Promise The Moon

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Arnold was raised in New York! and has degrees from Vassar College and Princeton University. She lives with her husband in Hopewell! New Jersey! where she is at work on her next novel. Klappentext In the heart of every family lie shattering secrets! and a love that lasts forever... When war and its aftermath take Josh from Natalie and her children! she must find a way to heal her broken family. And so Natalie begins writing letters from Josh that she hides for young Anna and Toby to find—notes from heaven that attempt to explain why he left! to offer comfort and wisdom. But when Anna suddenly reveals that her father has been speaking to her from heaven! divulging stories only Josh could know! Natalie must uncover the secrets of her husband's past—secrets he hid to protect his family. As Natalie's search brings her closer to her own parents and reunites her with a love from long ago! she and her children will discover just how much of a hero Josh actually was—and that only by finally revealing the truths they've hidden from each other can they find peace! a fresh start! and the promise of a hopeful future.... 1 Natalie I'd been kicking Josh's headstone. In retrospect, I should've gotten the flat kind of stone instead of the sticking-up kind, because before too long the thing would probably be on the ground anyway. I'd been to the cemetery four times in the week since they'd laid the stone, three of those times without the kids, which meant I'd come for the express purpose of kicking. Which felt good while I was doing it, but once it was over all I'd gotten was a sore foot and, on the fifth day, a funny look from an old man one row down, who'd been clipping the grass around a stone with a pair of orange-handled children's scissors. It was retribution for Toby who hadn't said a word in two months, for Anna who pretended she wasn't hurting, but still came downstairs every night to stare at the photo of herself on Josh's shoulders. And most of all for me, for leaving me with two broken kids, no money, no home, and no job. And no explanation for why he'd left. It was Josh I really wanted to kick, of course. But mostly, mostly I just wanted to hold him. 2 Anna My dad was a hero soldier. I looked up hero in my dictionary, and this is what it said: 1) A person who is admired for great courage, noble character, and good deeds. 2) A sandwich, usually made with crusty bread, a.k.a. submarine, hoagie. 3) An illustrious warrior. My dad was the number one and number three kinds of hero both. A double hero. He died in the war. Mom didn't tell say exactly how he died, but this is what I worked out. What happened was he went on a mission without telling us and was gone all night, after which he got shot, after which Marines men brought him home to our garage, to rest in his new Pathfinder because Mom told them it was one of his most favorite places to be. After which Toby found him. In my opinion it was not the sort of thing he should've seen. I've thought a lot about what's the right thing people could have said to us, and have come up mostly with wrong things. These are some that came out of Ms. Thomas, Amanda Greer, and Tim Emerson, in order. Number one: "Oh, sweet baby, are you going to be okay?" Number two: "I totally know how it feels because my cat died last spring." And worst of all, number three: "What did he look like without a head?" The right thing is probably what Madison, who is my best friend, did. She didn't say anything for my whole first morning back to school, just followed me around wherever I went, sat next to me, and gave everybody else dirty looks. The day Dad came back from heaven was, I have to say, an especially bad day. Not just because it was Friday, math test day, and I do no...

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Arnold, Elizabeth Joy Arnold
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2008
• EAN: 9780385340663
• ISBN: 978-0-385-34066-3
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 184 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature