num_pages: 336
description: Five years ago the eldest Furey son, Hugh, ran off into the night and never returned. His parents, estranged by grief, are trying to put the tragedy behind them after a long, exhausting, and fruitless search. His mother, recovering from an emotional breakdown, has lost herself in a new career; Hugh's father, having abandoned his faith and his position as a theology professor, now cares halfheartedly for their two remaining children. Left more or less to fend for themselves, ten-year-old Owen and fifteen-year-old Lena struggle to hold on to their brother's memory—an increasingly self-destructive obsession that gives rise to angel fantasies, drug use, quixotic quests, and dangerous experimentation that will ultimately force a damaged family to confront its past and find a future.
language: English
title: Every Visible Thing
titlecomplete: Every Visible Thing
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Adult Fiction, Family, Young Adult, LGBT
ratings_count: 615
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Ferro-Grumley Award
category: Lesbian Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: The Publishing Triangle Award
category: The Ferro-Grumley Awards
publisher: Harper Perennial