A boy in winter
Subtitle: a novel
By: Maxine Chernoff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Description: "After Nancy Horvath and her eleven-year-old son, Danny, move into their dream house, Danny becomes fast friends with ten-year-old Eddie Nova, the boy next door. Eddie is a hyperactive, difficult child, both boon companion and bane of Danny's existence. Meanwhile, Nancy's helpful, neighborly relationship with Eddie's father, Frank, becomes a passionate affair. Frank is the partner Nancy wishes she had, and the father Danny has always longed for.

Then one day, Eddie brings over a hunting bow and playfully aims it at Danny and his dog. In a tragic mishap, Danny accidentally shoots and kills his friend."--BOOK JACKET. "The novel traces the repercussions of that accident - in Nancy's voice, in Danny's voice, and from Frank's point of view."--BOOK JACKET.

"Maxine Chernoff balances the radical shock of tragedy with the hard-won optimism of survival. She enacts how a child stunned by grief and the adults who love him reclaim their trust in the future."--BOOK JACKET.