From the rear cover
When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise--and peril--when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man's attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right--a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions.
Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control. In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves.
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- Title The Weight of Heaven LP
- Author Thrity Umrigar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Lgr
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperLuxe
- Date 2009-04-14
- Large Print Yes
- Features Large Print
- ISBN 9780061719998 / 0061719994
- Weight 1.31 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.06 x 6 x 1.34 in (23.01 x 15.24 x 3.40 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Married people
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008032950
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 02/01/2009, Page 28
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2010, Page 9
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