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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
November 2, 2006
Pages
304
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780099429227
ISBN-10
0099429225
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$14.35
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Naomi Wechsler is at home, waiting for her husband, Rick, and their seven-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to return home from their shopping trip. Naomi wonders, idly, what's taking them so long. Then the telephone rings. It's not Rick. It's the hospital. In a minor run-in with a SUV, Dahlia breaks her neck.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Readers who love the books of Sue Miller and Elizabeth Berg will be unable to put down this powerful, intensely moving novel about a couple trying to rebuild their lives after the death of their child.
Rick and Naomi fell in love in college, married soon afterward, and weathered the setbacks in their livesâincluding Naomiâs repeated miscarriagesâsecure in their love for one another. With the birth of their daughter, Dahlia, everything finally glides into place. Their renovated brick house in Brooklyn is close to Rickâs podiatry practice, and when Dahlia is old enough for kindergarten, Naomi begins teaching at the private school where her daughter is enrolled. Then, in a single unbelievable moment, their close-knit life is utterly shattered. While on an outing with Rick, Dahlia is killed in a bizarre automobile accident, and Rick and Naomi retreat into grief-stricken isolation.
A moving portrait of ordinary people in heartbreaking circumstances, In Dahliaâs Wake explores the ache of loss and the search for solace. In herdesperate desire to find a remedy, Naomi leaves her teaching job to volunteer at the hospital where Dahlia died and finds herself drawn to Michael McBride, the doctor who delivered the devastating news. Rick, haunted by guilt about the accident and tormented by Naomiâs emotional and physical withdrawal, falls into an affair with his office manager, the divorced mother of a young son. The distance between Rick and Naomi widens until another twist of fate and the unexpected insight offered by Naomiâs motherâwho struggles with her increasing bouts of memory lossâawaken them to the value of their own lives and to the true meaning of family.
Rick and Naomi fell in love in college, married soon afterward, and weathered the setbacks in their livesâincluding Naomiâs repeated miscarriagesâsecure in their love for one another. With the birth of their daughter, Dahlia, everything finally glides into place. Their renovated brick house in Brooklyn is close to Rickâs podiatry practice, and when Dahlia is old enough for kindergarten, Naomi begins teaching at the private school where her daughter is enrolled. Then, in a single unbelievable moment, their close-knit life is utterly shattered. While on an outing with Rick, Dahlia is killed in a bizarre automobile accident, and Rick and Naomi retreat into grief-stricken isolation.
A moving portrait of ordinary people in heartbreaking circumstances, In Dahliaâs Wake explores the ache of loss and the search for solace. In herdesperate desire to find a remedy, Naomi leaves her teaching job to volunteer at the hospital where Dahlia died and finds herself drawn to Michael McBride, the doctor who delivered the devastating news. Rick, haunted by guilt about the accident and tormented by Naomiâs emotional and physical withdrawal, falls into an affair with his office manager, the divorced mother of a young son. The distance between Rick and Naomi widens until another twist of fate and the unexpected insight offered by Naomiâs motherâwho struggles with her increasing bouts of memory lossâawaken them to the value of their own lives and to the true meaning of family.
Editions
Hardcover
from Doubleday (April 19, 2005)
9780385503624 | details & prices | 293 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $23.95
About: Rick and Naomi, one-time college sweethearts, struggle to cope with their grief and guilt after their lives are shattered by the death of their beloved daughter, Dahlia, in an automobile accident.
About: Rick and Naomi, one-time college sweethearts, struggle to cope with their grief and guilt after their lives are shattered by the death of their beloved daughter, Dahlia, in an automobile accident.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Yona Zeldis McDonough |
from Gardners Books (November 2, 2006)
9780099429227 | details & prices | 304 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.35
About: Naomi Wechsler is at home, waiting for her husband, Rick, and their seven-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to return home from their shopping trip.
About: Naomi Wechsler is at home, waiting for her husband, Rick, and their seven-year-old daughter, Dahlia, to return home from their shopping trip.
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