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The book of dreams : a novel /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Crown, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2019]Copyright date: �2019Copyright date: �2016Edition: First editionDescription: 389 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780525572534
  • 0525572538
  • 1471168344
  • 9781471168345
Uniform titles:
  • Traumbuch. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 833/.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PT2707.E59 T7313 2019
Summary: Comatose after an act of heroism, Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth, while a woman from his past forges an unexpected, profound friendship with Henri's teenage son, Sam.Summary: Comatose after an act of heroism, ex-war reporter Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth. His son, Sam-- a thirteen-year old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction-- waits by his father's bedside every day. He meets Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront her love for Henri after all these years, and pre-teen Madelyn Zeidler, a coma patient and the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed her family. As these four fight-- for hope, for patience, for life-- they face the ravages of loss and first love side by side. -- adapted from jacket
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F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F GEO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000567002

Originally published in Germany as Das Traumbuch by Knaur Verlag in 2016; translation copyright, c2019.

Comatose after an act of heroism, Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth, while a woman from his past forges an unexpected, profound friendship with Henri's teenage son, Sam.

Comatose after an act of heroism, ex-war reporter Henri Skinner revisits memories of his British youth. His son, Sam-- a thirteen-year old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction-- waits by his father's bedside every day. He meets Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront her love for Henri after all these years, and pre-teen Madelyn Zeidler, a coma patient and the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed her family. As these four fight-- for hope, for patience, for life-- they face the ravages of loss and first love side by side. -- adapted from jacket

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