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The Fall
of a Sparrow
A Novel
by Robert Hellenga
- Synopsis
The Fall of a Sparrow, Robert Hellenga's first
novel since his masterful debut The Sixteen Pleasures,
proves not only that Hellenga is a dazzling storyteller,
but that he also has a profound understanding of the
strength and resilience of the human spirit. The new
novel, like The Sixteen Pleasures, links the
American Midwest and Italy, but where The Sixteen
Pleasures explored the sexual and emotional awakening
of a young woman, The Fall of a Sparrow examines
the reawakening of life after a young woman has
tragically died. At the heart of the novel is Alan
Woodhull ("Woody"), a classics professor at a
small midwestern college, whose beloved oldest daughter,
Cookie, is killed during a terrorist bombing in Italy.
Seven years after the bombing, Woody finds himself
standing in the cemetery where Cookie is buried,
convinced that life has taught him all the lessons he has
to learn. His wife has left him, and his two remaining
daughters have grown up and moved away. Yet a new life,
which Woody both longs for and resists, begins with his
decision to attend the trial of the terrorists
responsible for his daughter's death. And as Woody
gradually emerges from his sorrow, returning to Italy and
the scene of the tragedy, he also awakens to new love.
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