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The Constellations
Kevin Cunningham
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Paperback. It's 1974 in DeKalb County, Illinois, and the planets have failed to align for Roy Conlon. Widowed and broke, he finds that his eight-year-old son Eric is suddenly a mystery to him. And as powerful forces pull Eric away, Roy's efforts to hold onto his son are threatened by weakness, guilt, and his participation in a foolish crime. Series: Switchgrass. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
It's 1974 in DeKalb County, Illinois and the planets have failed to align for Roy Conlon. Widowed and broke, his eight-year-old son Eric is suddenly a mystery to him. The boy has become aware of a sky awhirl with stars and of the universe outside his small-Midwestern town. And as powerful forces pull Eric away, Roy's efforts to hold onto his son are threatened by weakness, guilt, and his participation in a foolish crime.
Enter The Constellations, a novel of the diverging paths of a father and his son, and how each copes with the loss of the woman whose ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Switchgrass
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875806839
SKU
V9780875806839
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About Kevin Cunningham
Kevin Cunningham lives and works in Wilmette, Illinois.
Reviews for The Constellations
In his concise, engrossing debut, Cunningham turns family dynamics upside down in a panoramic portrait of loss and grieving…. Evocative of Kent Haruf's and Anthony Doerr's, Cunningham's tenderness and terse prose style announce the arrival of an assured and perceptive literary voice.
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In this debut novel, Cunningham writes with confidence, employing a spare, straightforward style that conveys ... Read more
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In this debut novel, Cunningham writes with confidence, employing a spare, straightforward style that conveys ... Read more