Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Pdf Summary Review Chris Bohjalian

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Pdf Summary

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Pdf book is a heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the best-selling author of Midwives and The Sandcastle Girls.

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the story of Emily Shepard, a homeless teen living in an igloo made of ice and trash bags filled with frozen leaves. Half a year earlier, a nuclear plant in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom had experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily’s parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault. Was he drunk when it happened? Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes in the Kingdom; rivers and forests are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that, as the daughter of the most hated man in America, she is in danger. So instead of following the social workers and her classmates after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer’s apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself – an identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. When Emily befriends a young homeless boy named Cameron, she protects him with a ferocity she didn’t know she had. But she still can’t outrun her past, can’t escape her grief, can’t hide forever – and so she comes up with the only plan that she can.

A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe, Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is one of Chris Bohjalian’s finest novels to date – breathtaking, wise, and utterly transporting.

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Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Pdf Review

RSRS

5.0 out of 5 stars Don’t close your eyes while reading this one.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 5, 2015

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Nuclear disaster; homeless kids; drunken parents; prostitution. Who wants to read a dark book covering these, as well as other related, inspiring topics? Well, with Chris Bohjalian, I was willing to take a chance. And it worked out just fine. In fact, “Close Your Eyes…” is on my best ten list for 2015. How did that happen?

For starters, and finishers, there’s homeless Emily Shepard – whose parents caused a nuclear disaster and who goes by the pseudonym “Abby Bliss.” At 17, Emily has hardly been a remarkable success at life, even before the nuclear blowout, and even though her parents have provided her with the amenities of an upper-middle-class life. But despite being a chronic underachiever, and in ways a “bad” girl, she’s smart as a whip, has empathy for other kids, is a survivor, knows when she’s made a mistake, and is remarkably savvy when it counts. Some readers might consider Emily unrealistically savvy – okay for a fictional character, perhaps, but hardly true to life. I don’t agree with that view, however. She went through some pretty depressing scenarios, which I found amazing – as opposed to my often inadequate, clueless reaction when I see homeless people on the street. Instead, her experiences gave me a new outlook on the homeless, and convinced me there’s a lot more to homeless existence than standing on the street corner begging for money. A lot of it bad – very bad. But some of it at least can be cause for contemplation on the “meaning of life,” and/or what really matters.

Cameron, Emily’s 9-YO compatriot, can tear your heart out, and the way Emily cares for him shows her best side. But she doesn’t always show the best judgment. Does that make her human – or the author way over the top in how he depicts her. I’ll choose the former. See what you think. I rated another recent Bohjalian book – “A Light in the Ruins” – 4-1/2 stars, and “Close Your Eyes…” cements him in the category of authors automatically to be read without hesitation.

S Greene

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2017

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My father requested this book and enjoyed it very much. He was a voracious reader with broad tastes, from thick and esoteric, to what I call “airplane books”: books that are diverting but not hard to read. I read the book after he was done. At first, I was a bit bored. The story seemed predictable and a bit juvenile (a perfect fit for Dad at the time because he was recovering from a stroke). Honestly, if there was something else to read I probably would have put this down. As I got further into it, the writing improved and so did the story and characters. This is indeed a post-nuclear disaster story but it has surprising twists to it. Can’t say more than that or you’ll miss out on the best aspects of this novel. All in all, worth a read!

MaggieG

4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining read that rises above sentimentality to address consequences of bad choices between the smart way and the right way
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 26, 2014

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An intimate look inside the head of a teen-ager facing a sudden tragic loss alone reveals the struggles of all young adults who must master daily survival in ordinary situations without the help of adult caretakers . Pay attention if you want to know why teens turn to drugs and peers for support as they navigate high school social stigmas, sexual awakenings (theirs and others), and independence. This story takes you through the lives of homeless or disenfranchised young people and why they choose to cope the way they do. Won’t come as any surprise that these young people are burdened by the sins of their elders in their struggle to find their way.

This is a suspenseful, entertaining read that rises above sentimentality to address consequences of bad choices between the smart way and the right way. The protagonist did what she had to do to survive and remain true to herself. This is above all a story about courage.

Mike F.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2019

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I’ve been plowing thru Chris Bohjalian’s books for a while, and with great relish. I’d put off reading “Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands” for quite a while. The premise, what I knew of it just didn’t grab me. Now that I have finished it, I must say I am blown away. It’s really in a class by itself. Of course, that’s something that can be said of many of Chris’ books. But this one, really, deserves praise. Bravo!

About Chris Bohjalian Author of Close Your Eyes Hold Hands Pdf Book

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chris bohjalian

Chris Bohjalian Author of Close Your Eyes Hold Hands Pdf Book is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 24 books. His work has been translated into 35 languages and become three movies and an Emmy-nominated TV series.

His new novel, THE LIONESS, roars May 10, and is already in development for a limited TV series. A luxurious African safari turns deadly for a Hollywood star and her entourage in this riveting historical thriller, about which the New York Times wrote in its spring preview, “Bohjalian steers this runaway Land Rover of a story into some wildly entertaining territory.”  

Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist all gave it starred reviews.

Jodi Picoult said, “THE LIONESS feels like the best possible combination of Hemingway and Agatha Christie — a gorgeously written story about the landscape and risks of Africa, whose edge-of-your-seat plot makes it impossible to put down. Bohjalian just gets better and better.”

His 2021 novel, HOUR OF THE WITCH, is now on sale as a paperback. It’s a tale of historical suspense set in 1662 Boston, a story of the first divorce in North America for domestic violence — and a subsequent witch trial. Diana Gabaldon in her review in the Washington Post called it “historical fiction at its best.” Danielle Trussoni in the New York Times called it “harrowing.”

His 2020 novel, “The Red Lotus,” is a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes on a rural road in Vietnam and his girlfriend, an emergency room doctor trained to ask questions, follows a path that leads her home to the very hospital where they met, and is also in development for a TV series. In the New York Times, Sarah Lyall called it, “Terrific. . .[an] elegant noose of a plot. . .Bohjalian is a pleasure to read. He writes muscular, clear, propulsive sentences. . .As suspenseful as it is, The Red Lotus is also unexpectedly moving — about friendship, about the connections between people and, most of all, about the love of parents for children and of children for parents. Bohjalian is a writer with a big heart and deep compassion for his characters.”

His 2018 novel, “The Flight Attendant,” debuted as a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and National Indiebound Bestseller. It is now HBO Max TV series, starring Kaley Cuoco.  Season two landed in April 2022.

He is also a playwright and screenwriter. He has adapted his novel, “Midwives,” for a play, which premiered January 21, 2020 at the George Street Playhouse, and was directed by David Saint. Broadway World said of it, “The fine playwriting by Bohjalian, the directorial talents of the Playhouse’s Artistic Director, David Saint, and the show’s accomplished cast make this play unforgettable.”

His first play, “Grounded,” premiered at the 59 East 59th Theatres in New York City in the summer of 2018 and is now available as an audiobook and eBook, “Wingspan.”

His books have been chosen as Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Hartford Courant, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage, and Salon.

His awards include the Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts; the ANCA Freedom Award for his work educating Americans about the Armenian Genocide; the ANCA Arts and Letters Award for The Sandcastle Girls, as well as the Saint Mesrob Mashdots Medal; the New England Society Book Award for The Night Strangers; the New England Book Award; Russia’s Soglasie (Concord) Award for The Sandcastle Girls; a Boston Public Library Literary Light; a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Trans-Sister Radio; a Best Lifestyle Column for “Idyll Banter” from the Vermont Press Association; and the Anahid Literary Award. His novel, Midwives,was a number one New York Times bestseller, a selection of Oprah’s Book Club, and a New England Booksellers Association Discovery pick. He is a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Close Your Eyes Hold Hands pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information

Close Your Eyes Hold pdf Hands
Close Your Eyes Hold pdf Hands
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Doubleday; 1st Edition (July 8, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385534833
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385534833
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.28 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.05 x 9.53 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11,936 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)
  • #22,478 in Family Life Fiction (Books)
  • #61,451 in Literary Fiction (Books)
  • Customer Reviews: 4.1 out of 5 stars    576 ratings

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