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Before You Know Kindness (Vintage Contemporaries)

Before You Know Kindness

Penned By Chris Bohjalian
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Before You Know Kindness (Vintage Contemporaries)

Before You Know Kindness

Penned By Chris Bohjalian
4.85 18,242 Ratings
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Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of Midwives, presents his most ambitious and multi-layered novel to date--examining wildly divisive issues in today’s America with his trademark emotional heft and spellbinding storytelling skill. On a balmy July night in New Hampshire a shot rings out in a garden, and a man falls to the ground, terribly wounded. The wounded man is Spencer McCullough, the shot that hit him was fired–accidentally?–by his adolescent daughter Charlotte. With this shattering moment of violence, Chris Bohjalian launches the best kind of literate page-turner: suspenseful, wryly funny, and humane.

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Length 429 Pages
Language Eng
Released January 1, 2004
Identifier (ISBN) 16046
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Chris Bohjalian is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Chris Bohjalian can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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