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Riverhead
April 2014
On Sale: April 3, 2014
Featuring: Ava; Fred
ISBN: 1594486034 EAN: 9781594486036 Kindle: B00DMCVZES Hardcover / e-Book
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A gripping, morally complex novel that asks: How much do
grown siblings owe one another? At the edge of a woods, on the grounds of a defunct “free
school,” Ava and her brother, Fred, shared a dreamy and
seemingly idyllic childhood—a world defined largely by their
imaginations and the presence of each other. Decades later, then, when Ava learns that her brother is
being held in a county jail for a shocking crime, she is
frantic to piece together what actually happened. Fred has
always been different, certainly impaired, never evaluated.
Their parents frowned upon labels and diagnoses as much as
they did formal instruction and societal constraints. Now,
however, the parents are gone, the siblings grown apart, a
boy is dead and Fred in jail, and Ava is forced to wonder:
is it her job to save her brother? What is our obligation to
those we love—and to those we find difficult to love?
Convinced that she alone will be able to reach him and
explain his innocence to the world, Ava endeavors to tell
their enthralling story. Leah Hager Cohen brings her trademark intelligence and grace
to a rich, morally ambiguous story that suggests we may
ultimately fathom one another best not with facts alone, but
through our imaginations.
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