Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate-foster family, school, a first love. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question.Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas's 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 sentence. 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 vel from an exciting new writer to watch.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
1452605971
ISBN-13
9781452605975
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189540921
Product Key Features
Author
Stephen Dau
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
360
Narrator(s)
Simon Vance
Author Biography
Stephen Dau worked for ten years in postwar reconstruction and international development prior to studying creative writing. Simon Vance has recorded over four hundred audiobooks and has earned over twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for his narration of Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. He is also the recipient of five coveted Audie Awards, including one for The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi, and he was named an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.