Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 132235Title: Book of JonasAuthor: Stephen DauNarrator: Simon VanceFormat: UnabridgedLength: 05:49:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 03-15-12Publisher: Tantor MediaGenres: Fiction & Literature, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological, Coming of AgeSummary:Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S.military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. With the help of aninternational relief organization, he is sent to America, where hestruggles 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 tragicnight in question.Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life tofinding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after theraid in which Jonas's village was destroyed. When Jonas meets Rose, ashocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and buildsto a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final sentence. Toldin spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory,about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens whenforeign disaster appears at our own doorstep. It is a rare and virtuosicnovel from an exciting new writer to watch.Contact: [email protected]

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