A song for Issy Bradley : a novel / Carys Bray.
Momo rauemi: TextEdition: First editionWhakaahuatanga: 399 pages ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780091954383
- 9780553390889
- 0553390880
- 823/.92 23
- PR6102.R37 S66 2014
- FIC045000 | FIC019000 | FIC008000
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | BRA (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | A00728780 |
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"The six members of the Bradley family have always been close. But in the wake of a tragedy that leaves a hole in the very center of their lives, they suddenly find themselves coming apart. Claire, a convert to the Mormon faith, is so shattered by what's happened that she can't even bring herself to get out of bed. Her husband, Ian, however is more secure in his belief that everything happens for a reason. As a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he's utterly consumed with ministering to his congregation, even as his family falls to pieces all around him. Zippy, seventeen and 100% sure she's on the path to righteousness, struggles to balance the demands of the church and the attentions of a boy. Al, fourteen, chafes at his father's platitudes and skips school to play soccer in the park with his friends. And last but not least, Jacob, seven, is working on resurrecting his goldfish in the hopes of performing a much larger miracle, one that might put everyone in his family back in their right place. A Song for Issy Bradley is a brilliant and heartfelt debut, a gorgeously written and keenly observed meditation on the enduring bonds of faith and family"--
Tākupu nā Heather
27/09/2014Author Carys Bray was brought up as Mormon and so writes with some understanding about a Mormon Bishop's family whose youngest child dies of meningitis. Each member deals with it differently and the father/bishop tries to answer their reactions with the memorised teachings of his church. But he comes to realise that that is not enough. A moving, well written and thoughtful book with moments of gentle humour, well worth reading.
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20/10/2014I had to keep reading to find out how everything was resolved - or not. It was compelling.