Waiting to Vanish

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480466838

<DIV><DIV><b>A family heals in unexpected ways in the wake of senseless tragedy</b></div><DIV><BR>Alexander Porter is on the phone with his six-year-old son when he is struck by lightning and killed. It is a freak accident, without meaning or justice.</div><DIV><BR>Alex&rsquo;s sudden death disintegrates his family. His mother takes off for a new life in California. His father descends into kleptomania. His ex-wife begins selling makeup door to door. His sister mourns by taking Sam, Alex&rsquo;s son, on a journey into the family&rsquo;s past, putting her own life on hold. Young Sam, who heard his own father die, has gone silent.</div><DIV><BR>Narrated from a symphony of perspectives,&#160;<i>Waiting to Vanish&#160;</i>is the story of a family coping with devastating loss as they begin the brave, bruising business of getting on with it. In the process, they discover their own paths through life.</div></div>