The Weight of Heaven
Author(s): Thrity Umrigar
When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. Then an unexpected job half a world away in Girbaug, India, offers them an opportunity to start again. But Frank's befriending of Ramesh-a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of his attentions-will lead the grieving man down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions. A devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Thrity Umrigar's The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control.
General Information
- :
- : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- : HarperCollins
- : 0.29
- : 01 January 2010
- : 204mm X 134mm X 25mm
- : United States
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Thrity Umrigar
- : 3-Oct
- : 365
- : black white illustrations