I Know This Much Is True
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I Know This Much Is True
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I Know This Much Is True
The phenomenal #1 "New York Times" bestseller and Oprah's Book Club( pick is now in mass market paperback. This spellbinding novel of responsibility and family, betrayal and redemption is an exquisitely written, profoundly human masterpiece.
#1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah Book Club selection
"Thoughtful . . . heart-wrenching . . . An exercise in soul-baring storytelling—with the soul belonging to 20th-century America itself. It's hard to read and to stop reading, and impossible to forget." — USA Today
Dominick Birdsey, a forty-year-old housepainter living in Three Rivers, Connecticut, finds his subdued life greatly disturbed when his identical twin brother Thomas, a paranoid schizophrenic, commits a shocking act of self-mutilation. Dominick is forced to care for his brother as well as confront dark secrets and pain he has buried deep within himself—a journey of the soul that takes him beyond his blue-collar New England town to Sicily’s Mount Etna, the birthplace of his grandfather and namesake. Coming to terms with his life and lineage, Dominick struggles to find forgiveness and finally rebuild himself beyond the haunted shadow of his troubled twin.
I Know This Much Is True is a masterfully told story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal—an unforgettable masterpiece.
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I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb is frequently described as a deeply moving and unforgettable novel that delves into themes of suffering and redemption. Critics have hailed it as a masterful and emotionally charged saga with a sweeping narrative and profound character development. The book is noted for its emotional intensity and has been compared to great literary works, appreciated for its storytelling that is both captivating and soul-searching.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780061469084
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 April 2008
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 714g
Pages: 928
About the Author
Wally Lamb is the beloved author of She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, and the editor of Couldn’t Keep It To Myself, a previous volume of writing from the writing workshop he runs at the York Correctional Institution.
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