The Book of Jonas

Stephen Dau

ISBN 10: 0399158456 / ISBN 13: 9780399158452

Published by Blue Rider Press March 2012, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Jonas
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press March 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0399158456
• ISBN 13: 9780399158452
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used - Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

An exceptional debut novel about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and the American soldier to whom his fate, and survival, is bound. 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' 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 page. Told in spare, evocative

About the Author

Stephen Dau is from Western Pennsylvania and lives in Brussels. He worked for ten years in post-war reconstruction and international development prior to studying creative writing, at Johns Hopkins University and Bennington, where he received an MFA. His work has appeared in McSweeney's, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, on MSNBC, and elsewhere. The Book of Jonas is his first novel.