| Author |
George, Nina, 1973- author.
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| Title |
The book of dreams : a novel / Nina George ; translated by Simon Pare. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| OCLC |
1090764370 |
| ISBN |
9780525572534 |
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0525572538 |
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1471168344 |
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9781471168345 |
| Publisher |
New York : Crown, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019] |
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©2019. |
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©2016. |
| Description |
389 pages ; 22 cm |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
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Coma -- Patients -- Fiction.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Psychological fiction.
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| Summary |
Comatose after an act of heroism, Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth, while a woman from his past forges an unexpected, profound friendship with Henri's teenage son, Sam. |
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Comatose after an act of heroism, ex-war reporter Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth. His son, Sam-- a thirteen-year old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction-- waits by his father's bedside every day. He meets Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront her love for Henri after all these years, and pre-teen Madelyn Zeidler, a coma patient and the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed her family. As these four fight-- for hope, for patience, for life-- they face the ravages of loss and first love side by side. -- adapted from jacket. |
| General note |
Originally published in Germany as Das Traumbuch by Knaur Verlag in 2016; translation copyright, c2019. |
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