The Book of Jonas

New York: Blue Rider Press, 2012. AP4 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and peeling on the edges and corners, small patches peeled/chipped on the front upper right, dog-eared on the bottom right of the front flap, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some wrinkling on the spine edges light tanning and shelf wear. In its original slipcase that has some light discoloration and shelf wear. Includes a laid in stapled booklet The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau Indiespensable, Volume 32. 8.5"x5.75", 258 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate - adapting to his foster family, high school, a first love. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor about a U.S. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated herself to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas' village was destroyed. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final page. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens when foreign disaster appears at our own doorstep. It is a rare and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to discover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.