The FALL OF A SPARROW

Robert Hellenga

first published 1998 Scribner, 1998 460 pages

The Fall of a Sparrow examines the reawakening of life after a young woman has tragically died. At the heart of the novel is Alan Woodhull ("Woody"), a classics professor at a small midwestern college, whose beloved oldest daughter, Cookie, is killed during a terrorist bombing in Italy. Seven years after the bombing, Woody finds himself standing in the cemetery where Cookie is buried, convinced that life has taught...

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Fall of a Sparrow edition · 2000 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780140277043
The FALL OF A SPARROW paperback · 1999 · Scribner · 464 pages · 9780684850276
La caída de un gorrión edition · 1999 · Planeta · 555 pages · 9788408030157
Fall of a Sparrow edition · 1999 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780670881895
The fall of a sparrow edition · 1998 · Scribner · 460 pages
The Fall of a Sparrow audiobook · 1998 · Audio Literature · 9780787117528

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