The son

Michel Rostain

Translated by Adriana Hunter earliest edition we have, 2013 Headline Book Publishing, 2013 196 pages

We first meet Michel eleven days after the death of his son Lion. Lion was lost, suddenly, to a virulent strain of meningitis and it's left his father and entire family reeling. We join Michel on his personal journey through grief, but the twist that makes the journey truly remarkable, and tips this true story into fiction, is the fact that we see it all through Lion's eyes. In a stunningly original blurring of memoi...

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Adriana Hunter 1 printing we hold · 2013 · Headline Book Publishing

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The son edition · 2013 · Headline Book Publishing · 196 pages · 9780755390793
The son edition · 2013 · Windsor · 147 pages · 9781471354168

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