The Train of Small Mercies
Author: Rowell, David
ISBN: 9780425247457
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 05 Jun 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
In this stunning debut, David Rowell depicts disparate lives united in the extraordinary days that followed an American tragedy.br>On June 8, 1968, as the train carrying Robert F. Kennedy's body travels from New York City to Washington D.C., the nation mourns the loss of a dream. As citizens congregate along the tracks to pay their respects, Michael Colvert, a New Jersey sixth grader, sets out to see his first dead body. Delores King creates a tangle of lies to sneak away from her controlling husband. Just arrived in the nation's capitol to interview for a nanny position with the Kennedy family, Maeve McDerdon must reconcile herself to an unknown future. Edwin Rupp's inaugural pool party takes a backseat to the somber proceedings. Jamie West, a Vietnam vet barely out of high school, awaits a newspaper interview meant to restore his damaged self-esteem. And Lionel Chase arrives at Penn Station for his first day of work-a staggering assignment as a porter aboard RFK's funeral train.br>
ISBN: 9780425247457
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 05 Jun 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
In this stunning debut, David Rowell depicts disparate lives united in the extraordinary days that followed an American tragedy.br>On June 8, 1968, as the train carrying Robert F. Kennedy's body travels from New York City to Washington D.C., the nation mourns the loss of a dream. As citizens congregate along the tracks to pay their respects, Michael Colvert, a New Jersey sixth grader, sets out to see his first dead body. Delores King creates a tangle of lies to sneak away from her controlling husband. Just arrived in the nation's capitol to interview for a nanny position with the Kennedy family, Maeve McDerdon must reconcile herself to an unknown future. Edwin Rupp's inaugural pool party takes a backseat to the somber proceedings. Jamie West, a Vietnam vet barely out of high school, awaits a newspaper interview meant to restore his damaged self-esteem. And Lionel Chase arrives at Penn Station for his first day of work-a staggering assignment as a porter aboard RFK's funeral train.br>
