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THE ONE IN A MILLION BOY
A lovely bittersweet novel about a man who grieves for his dead son by completing a task he couldn't fulfill. A story of a friendship, guided by an ever-present child, that grants two unlikely people a second chance at life.
When Quinn's sweet, strange 11-year-old son suddenly dies, he agrees to the request of his twice-ex wife and truest friend Belle to complete the requirements for their son's last unfinished Boy Scout badge.
For seven Saturdays, Quinn is obliged to do yard work for Ona Vitkus, a 104-year-old Lithuanian immigrant, who reveals to Quinn that his son had persuaded her to try for the Guinness record of Oldest Licensed Driver. Quinn soon learns that this is the least of Ona's secrets. A reluctant confidante, but aching with remorse over his failure as a family man, Quinn finds himself in a complex relationship that opens an unexpected road toward his own personal redemption.
Monica Wood is the author of four works of fiction, most recently WHEN WE WERE THE KENNEDYS.
For seven Saturdays, Quinn is obliged to do yard work for Ona Vitkus, a 104-year-old Lithuanian immigrant, who reveals to Quinn that his son had persuaded her to try for the Guinness record of Oldest Licensed Driver. Quinn soon learns that this is the least of Ona's secrets. A reluctant confidante, but aching with remorse over his failure as a family man, Quinn finds himself in a complex relationship that opens an unexpected road toward his own personal redemption.
Monica Wood is the author of four works of fiction, most recently WHEN WE WERE THE KENNEDYS.
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Published 2016-04-05 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |