Only Child

Product Description Captivating . . . Will Appeal To Fans Of Room, The Lovely Bones And The Fault In Our Stars - Independentheartstopping. Heartbreaking. Heartwarming.Compelling, Compassionate And Powerful, Rhiannon NavinS Only Child Is The Most Heartfelt Book YouLl Read This Year.We All Went To School That Tuesday Like Normal. Not All Of Us Came Home.When The Unthinkable Happens, Six-Year-Old Zach Is At School. Huddled In A Cloakroom With His Classmates And Teacher, He Is Too Young To Understand That Life Will Never Be The Same Again.Afterwards, The Once Close-Knit Community Is Left Reeling. ZachS Dad Retreats. His Mum Sets Out To Seek Revenge. Zach, Scared, Lost And Confused, Disappears Into His Super-Secret Hideout To Try To Make Sense Of Things. Nothing Feels Right - Until He Listens To His Heart . . .But Can He Remind The Grown-Ups How To Love Again?Narrated By Zach, Only Child Is Full Of Heart; A Real Rollercoaster Of A Read That Will Stay With You Long After YouVe Turned The Final Page. Review Captivating . . . Will Appeal To Fans Ofroom,The Lovely Bones Andthe Fault In Our Stars,Independentauthentic And Moving,Irish Timesgrab Hold Of The Tissues For A Heartbreaking Read ThatS Full Of Compassion And Insight,Woman & Homean Emotional, Heart-Wrenching Read For Fans Ofwe Need To Talk About Kevin,The Poolheart-Wrenching And Intelligent, And So Very Moving And Insightful About A Family In Crisis -- Kate Eberlen, Author Ofmiss Youpowerful . . . Will Appeal To Fans Of Emma DonoghueS Room,Good Housekeepingcompletely Felled Me . . . Brilliantly Heartbreaking,Lucy Diamondsinks Its Hooks Into You From The Very First Sentence,Marie Claire (Us)An Amazing Voice . . . Powerful And Wise And Healing -- Rachael Lucas, Author Ofwildflower Baydevastating. Unsentimental. Honest. Beautiful. Everyone Should Read -- Penny Hancock, Author Oftidelinezach, At Only 6 Years Old, Understands More About The Human Heart Than The Broken Adults Around Him. His Hope And Optimism . . . Will Have Every Reader Cheering Him On, And Believing In Happy Endings Even In The Face Of Tragedy -- Washington Postan Astonishing Debut,Publishers Weeklypowerful . . . A Careful Examination Of The Way One Boy And His Parents, And Their Community, Struggle To Survive And Stay Together After The Worst Has Happened,Usa Todaytold In The Surprisingly Mature Voice Of An Unforgettable Little Boy, This Tender Novel About Healing And Family Will Tug At Your Heartstrings,Sunday Postoutstanding -- Harlen Cobenheart-Wrenching . . . [An] Important And Timely Book,Booklistinnocence Trumps Violence -- Sloane Crosley,Vanity Fairlike Emma DonoghueSroom, NavinS Debut Takes The Risk Of Narrating A Modern Tragedy In The Voice Of A Very Young Player . . . A Powerful Exercise In Empathy And Perspective,Kirkushotly Anticipated,Glamourheartbreaking,The Sun Chroniclethrough ZachS Eyes, We Watch A Mother Become Consumed By Her Anger, And A Father Begin To Retreat . . . Zach Embarks On A Mission To Ease His Parents Sadness, Though The Reader Knows That Only Time Can Do That . . . Sweetly Rendered,Ny Times From The Back Cover We Went To School That Tuesday Like Normal. Not All Of Us Came Home . . . Huddled In A Cloakroom With His Classmates And Teacher, Six-Year-Old Zach Can Hear Shots Ringing Through The Corridors Of His School. A Gunman Has Entered The Building And, In A Matter Of Minutes, Will Have Taken Nineteen Lives. In The Aftermath Of The Shooting, The Close Knit Community And Its Families Are Devastated. Everyone Deals With The Tragedy Differently. ZachS Father Absents Himself; His Mother Pursues A Quest For Justice - While Zach Retreats Into His Super-Secret Hideout And Loses Himself In A World Of Books And Drawing. Ultimately Though, It Is Zach Who Will Show The Adults In His Life The Way Forward - As, Sometimes, Only A Child Can.Only Child Realizes Every ParentS Ultimate Fear