09240cam a2200553 4500 231975278 TxAuBib 20150601120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307917492 0307917495 f670ebac-4cd2-4488-982c-a70adc975d66 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1427142 OverDrive (Product ID) 1427142 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Bohjalian, Christopher A. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands [Libby Audiobook] : A Novel. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 227MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 227MB. HTML:A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the bestselling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom had experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in the Kingdom; rivers and forests are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that as the daughter of the most hated man in America, she is in danger. So instead of following the social workers and her classmates after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself — an identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. When Emily befriends a young homeless boy named Cameron, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But she still can't outrun her past, can't escape her grief, can't hide forever—and so she comes up with the only plan that she can. A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is one of Chris Bohjalian's finest novels to date—breathtaking, wise, and utterly transporting.. Grace Blewer, the author's daughter, gives a heartfelt portrayal of Vermont teenager Emily Shepard. The local nuclear plant has had a meltdown, and Emily's father, an alcoholic who worked there, may have been responsible. With both of her parents dead, Emily takes off on her own, finding herself in a dystopian world. Blewer captures all of Emily's complexity--her emotional troubles, her ferocious determination to protect a homeless boy she stumbles across, and her longing for her beloved dog. While on the run, Emily creates a new identity--inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. There's no doubt that listeners will know this book shines in the audio format when they hear Blewer singing a Dickinson poem to a popular tune. M.N.T. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. "Few authors can breathe life into fiction quite like Chris Bohjalian . . . Renowned for his sentiment-infused plots, the New York Times-best-selling author delivers yet another dazzling read. Our focus is on Emily Shepard, a wily Vermont teenager forced to live on the streets after her parents die in a nuclear explosion . . . Emily discovers what it means to survive the kind of turmoil that crafts character and keeps the heart pumping . . . At once mesmerizing and insightful,. HTML:Nicholas Addison Thomas, The Free-Lance Star. "Bohjalian delivers a thoroughly engrossing and poignant coming-of-age story set against a nightmarish backdrop as real as yesterday's headlines from Fukushima and Chernobyl. And in Emily he's created a remarkable and complicated teenager, a passionate, intelligent girl equally capable of cutting herself with a razor blade and quoting Emily Dickinson, then explaining it all to us in a wry, honest voice as distinctive as Holden Caulfield's.". HTML:Ann Levin, Associated Press. HTML:"Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, Chris Bohjalian's terrific new novel, could serve as a master class on how to write the thinking reader's bestseller. Suspenseful, provocative, often terrifying yet compassionate . . . all while creating one of the most memorable teenage protagonists in recent fiction . . . Moving, hopeful and grounded in the everyday, and as heartbreaking as the inspiration for the novel's title.". HTML:Elizabeth Hand, The Washington Post. HTML:"I have a new favorite Chris Bohjalian novel. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is a book I wish I'd been smart enough to write: a masterpiece of narrative voice, of emotion, and of how -- as Emily Dickinson might say -- the sparest of words can hold a wealth of pain. If you need any proof that fiction can scare us, move us, and break our hearts simultaneously -- look no further.". Jodi Picoult. "Bohjalian's inventive latest imagines a nuclear meltdown in Vermont. Sixteen-year-old Emily loses her father--the plant's chief engineer--in the accident, and she flees the town to escape its vitriol. Though she ends up homeless, she never gives up on home. Emily's voice is droll, her journey enthralling and indelible.". HTML:Best New Books, People Magazine. "Chris Bohjalian is a master of depicting the small moments -- the inevitable routines -- that follow in the wake of a trauma . . . Emily Shepard is Bohjalian's greatest accomplishment -- when you turn the final page you will relish her real-ness and wonder if that twinge of disquiet will ever go away.". HTML:Alice Short, The Los Angeles Times. HTML:"Emily's character is written so well and her story so absorbing (this is very much a read-in-one-or-two-sittings type of book) that it is easy to forget you're actually reading . . . Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands reminds us of our innate need for connection.". HTML:Melissa M. Firman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. HTML:"A chilling and heartbreaking suspense novel for readers who like the poetry of Emily Dickinson . . . Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is ambitious and poignant thanks to the voice of its teen narrator . . . It's a novel about survival and the power of literature and poetry.". HTML:Bob Minzesheimer, USA Today. HTML:"Heartbreaking . . . scrupulously realistic . . . Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is a novel for adults . . . but readers of any age who love John Green's novels might also find Shepard's story, sobering as it is, an awesome one.". HTML:Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. HTML:"Bohjalian's novels don't lend themselves to easy summary. They are intelligent, rich in detail, filled with full-blooded characters. And Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is Bohjalian at his finest.". HTML:Curt Schleier, The Seattle Times. "A powerful metaphor for a 16-year-old girl who has lost everything . . . haunting and resonant . . . Bohjalian has long endowed his characters with a spark of humanity, even in the midst of brutality.". HTML:Ellen Kanner, The Miami Herald. "A masterful storyteller . . . Bohjalian hits every note. His characters have depth, his story sings. It's a book that works well for either teens or adults.". HTML:Beth Colvin, The New Orleans Advocate. "A 'must read' book . . . a brilliant story of a young woman living an unexpected life, making difficult decisions and dealing with an ugly aftermath.". HTML:Amanda St. Amand, St. Louis Post Dispatch. "A compelling tale of loss, resilience, and transformation . . . A page-turning intensity.". HTML:Karen Campbell, The Boston Globe. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-01 20:00:02. 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