EPISODE · Feb 6, 2018 · 10 MIN
Only Child: A novel by Rhiannon Navin
from Download Incredible Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Contemporary Women · host Brook Bednar
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Child: A novel Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Only Child triumphs. Zach, at only 6 years old, understands more about the human heart than the broken adults around him. His hope and optimism as he sets out to execute his plan will have every reader cheering him on, and believing in happy endings even in the face of such tragedy. . . . Navin manages to make Zach’s voice heartbreakingly believable.”—Ann Hood, The Washington Post “Perfect for fans of Room… a heartbreaking but important novel.” —Real Simple Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts and the quietest voices speak the loudest. Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324224 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Only Child: A novel Author: Rhiannon Navin Narrator: Kivlighan De Montebello Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 10 minutes Release date: February 6, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.8 of Total 10 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 4 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: “Only Child triumphs. Zach, at only 6 years old, understands more about the human heart than the broken adults around him. His hope and optimism as he sets out to execute his plan will have every reader cheering him on, and believing in happy endings even in the face of such tragedy. . . . Navin manages to make Zach’s voice heartbreakingly believable.”—Ann Hood, The Washington Post “Perfect for fans of Room… a heartbreaking but important novel.” —Real Simple Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts and the quietest voices speak the loudest. Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.
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