The rest is silence
By: Carla Guelfenbein ; translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
Contributors: Silver, Katherine
Publisher: Portobello
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781846272318
Subjects: Family secrets; Alienation (Social psychology); Children of suicide victims; Fiction
Work titles: Resto es silencio
Description: When twelve-year-old Tommy overhears an adult conversation in which he learns that his mother didn't die of an illness, but took her own life, he is confused and hurt. Keeping what he has learned to himself, he begins his own secret investigation into what really happened. At the same time, his father and stepmother have their own problems. As all three retreat into their own worlds, leaving more and more unsaid between them, their family story moves inexorably and affectingly towards its devastating conclusion.--From back cover.
Notes: Translated from the Spanish.