![]() ![]() Dau's prose is lovely and the subject matter is important and of great interest.ġ)In an effort not to be sentimental (an effort I applaud) the book feels completely devoid of emotional resonance. ![]() I really want to have liked this more than I did. It is a rare and virtuosic novel from an exciting new writer to watch. Told in spare, evocative prose, The Book of Jonas is about memory, about the terrible choices made during war, and about what happens when foreign disaster appears at our own doorstep. When Jonas meets Rose, a shocking and painful secret gradually surfaces from the past, and builds to a shattering conclusion that haunts long after the final sentence. Christopher's mother, Rose, has dedicated her life to finding out what really happened to her son, who disappeared after the raid in which Jonas's village was destroyed. soldier, Christopher Henderson, responsible for saving his life on the tragic night in question. Eventually, he tells a court-mandated counselor and therapist about a U.S. ![]() With the help of an international relief organization, he is sent to America, where he struggles to assimilate-foster family, school, a first love. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country. Jonas is fifteen when his family is killed during an errant U.S. ![]()
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