The constellations
By: Kevin Cunningham
Publisher: Switchgrass Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780875806839; 9781609090685
Subjects: Fiction; Roman; Amerikanisches Englisch; Loss (Psychology); Fathers and sons
Description: It{u2019}s 1974 in DeKalb County, Illinois and the planets have failed to align for Roy Conlon. Widowed and broke, his eight-year-old son Eric is suddenly a mystery to him. The boy has become aware of a sky awhirl with stars and of the universe outside his small-Midwestern town. And as powerful forces pull Eric away, Roy{u2019}s efforts to hold onto his son are threatened by weakness, guilt, and his participation in a foolish crime.