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Marc Koralnik |
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THE WAITING HOURS
The latest novel from the author of the award-winning and bestselling novel Under This Unbroken Sky, this is an electric, timely novel about the ordinary people with the extraordinary jobs of rescuing strangers
Reminiscent of Andre Dubus III's House of Sand and Fog, this is the story of tough-as-nails Kate, a trauma nurse and search-and-rescue volunteer who spends her off-duty hours trying to forget what she has seen; Mike, a respected police officer on the edge of burnout and drug addiction that are beginning to impact his family; and Tamara, an agoraphobic 911 dispatcher who is trying her hardest to remain as calm and emotionless as an automated message when the tragic shooting of 12-year-old boy brings them together, they are forced to make fateful choices that will alter their lives and others
Set against the backdrop of a city prickling under a heat wave and a hurricane threatening to make landfall, The Waiting Hours is compassionate, illuminating look at the lives of the people at the front lines of tragedy, perfect for readers of J. G. Ballard's Crash
Previous Publishers: Chinacomplex characters (Commonwealth); Israel (Kinneret); Italy (Fazi); The Netherlands (Orlando)
Reminiscent of Andre Dubus III's House of Sand and Fog, this is the story of tough-as-nails Kate, a trauma nurse and search-and-rescue volunteer who spends her off-duty hours trying to forget what she has seen; Mike, a respected police officer on the edge of burnout and drug addiction that are beginning to impact his family; and Tamara, an agoraphobic 911 dispatcher who is trying her hardest to remain as calm and emotionless as an automated message when the tragic shooting of 12-year-old boy brings them together, they are forced to make fateful choices that will alter their lives and others
Set against the backdrop of a city prickling under a heat wave and a hurricane threatening to make landfall, The Waiting Hours is compassionate, illuminating look at the lives of the people at the front lines of tragedy, perfect for readers of J. G. Ballard's Crash
Previous Publishers: Chinacomplex characters (Commonwealth); Israel (Kinneret); Italy (Fazi); The Netherlands (Orlando)
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