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OverviewKeith Donohue's first novel, The Stolen Child, was a national bestseller hailed as captivating (USA Today), luminous and thrilling (Washington Post), and wonderful...So spare and unsentimental that it's impossible not to be moved (Newsweek. His new novel, Angels of Destruction, opens on a winter's night, when a young girl appears at the home of Mrs. Margaret Quinn, a widow who lives alone. A decade earlier, she had lost her only child, Erica, who fled with her high school sweetheart to join a radical student group known as the Angels of Destruction. Before Margaret answers the knock in the dark hours, she whispers a prayer and then makes her visitor welcome at the door. From the Hardcover edition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Donohue , Cassandra CampbellPublisher: Random House Audio Imprint: Random House Audio Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 15.10cm Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9780739377192ISBN 10: 0739377191 Publication Date: 03 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for The Stolen Child<br> <br> A captivating tale . . . poignant and beautifully told. <br>-- USA Today <br> A wonderful, fantasy-laden debut . . . so spare and unsentimental that it's impossible not to be moved. <br>-- Newsweek <br> Utterly absorbing . . . a luminous and thrilling novel about our humanity. <br>-- Washington Post <br> The book's emotional impact is as fierce as the imagination behind it. The result is magical. <br>-- People <br> An ingenious, spirited allegory for adolescent angst, aging, the purpose of art. <br>-- Entertainment Weekly <br> Unusual and engaging . . . puts flesh to the bones of old fears. <br>-- Miami Sun-Herald <p> From the Hardcover edition. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |