Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars.
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Prologue -- I. The vigil. Wind chimes -- Lightning-struck -- The cruel sister -- Still alive -- The handclasp -- The vigil -- "Heir" -- The seed -- "Evidence" -- The swimmer -- The party -- Mutant -- The return of Whitey -- The blessing stopped -- The steady hand -- Going home -- II. The Seige. "What did you do with Daddy?" -- The strong one -- The Last Will & Testament of John Earle McClaren -- Taser -- The beneficiary -- The widow's orgy -- The shaking hand -- Sleepwalker -- III. Untitled: Widow. Mack the knife -- The teasing -- The anger -- The wave -- Demon Rakshasa -- Recurring dreams of the McClaren children -- May heat -- Visions at Dutchtown -- Keziahaya -- Untitled: Widow -- Dear Hugo -- IV. The stars. Enemies -- The dice -- Dear Hugo -- The hornets -- Black rush -- The handshake The braid -- The Last Will & Testament of Virgil McClaren -- Warning -- The murderous heart -- Justice -- The kiss -- Gone -- Thanksgiving 2011-- Wind chimes -- V. Galápagos.
"This novel provides an examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most surprising way of all. Stark and penetrating, it's an exploration of psychological trauma, class warfare, grief, and eventual healing."--Publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 787 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062797582
0062797581
SUBJECTS
Families -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.
Death -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.