Before You Know Kindness
Author: Chris Bohjalian
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 Spenc….Read More
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