Synopsis It's 1953, Anthony Amedeo's uncle Malcolm is sent to prison, and Aunt Floria and her twin daughters have come to live with Anthony and his family. Soon after, Anthony watches helplessly as one of the twins falls out the window of their Bronx apartment and is killed--an event that becomes a watershed in the life of this Italian-American family. As Anthony grows up, he lives his life in the shadow of his family's belief that he pushed his cousin to her death.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-12-01 | | Narrated by: | Annabella Sciorra, Bobby Cannavale, Mercedes Ruehl | | Edition Description: | Unabridged |
| Size | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 4.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 8.0 oz |
Publisher's Note When his aunt and cousins move into his 1950s Bronx home after his uncle goes to jail again, young Anthony Amedeo struggles with sharing a room with his twin female cousins, a situation that erupts in an unthinkable event that irrevocably changes the family. By the author of Stones from the River. Simultaneous.
Industry Reviews "[D]espite the novel's eagerness to insist on its own authenticity, it succeeded in pulling me along: the dialogue is stripped down and funny; the family's problems are increasingly absorbing....Hegi has always been exceptionally good at releasing her characters from our preconceived notions about their roles, and that skill is continued here....SACRED TIME becomes more structurally intricate and more satisfying as it progresses, enough to make a reader with this were a longer, more lingering novel." New York Times Book Review - Valerie Sayers (02/29/2004)
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