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The Sweet Hereafter

By: Russell Banks
Narrated by: Dawn Harvey, Chris Andrew Ciulla, Dominic Hoffman, Jesse Vilinsky
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In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident. Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: When the worst thing happens, who do you blame?

©1991 Russell Banks (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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Powerful rendering of human individuality!
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Never presume what people think!
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the author that got me into bookwormhood...

Bliss in paradise Russell Banks! Rule of the bone is the first book I ever read on my own energy and he wrote profound mind-altering stories. The Sweet Hereafter is a solid eye opening story just like all his other books I read. This one explores subjects like loss and the different angles of quote on quote the truth unqoute. There's many sides of a story such as a school bus accident. Living in an urbanized city one can only imagine the effect tragic events have on towns and rural places.

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Read the book, see the movie

One of the very rare examples of a wonderful story and an equally great movie. I recommend both, and it doesn’t matter which you experience first. As another review notes, they are companion pieces. This story is so heartbreaking and so tragic, but there is a glimmer of hope for the people and the town that were devastated by loss and tragedy. One of the best stories I’ve listened to this year. The narration was excellent, especially Dawn Harvey, who really made the character of Delores so real and sympathetic.

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