The Fragile World

Publisher Marketing: From the author of publishing sensation "The Mourning Hours" comes a powerful new novel that explores every parent s worst nightmare.... The Kaufmans have always considered themselves a normal, happy family. Curtis is a physics teacher at a local high school. His wife, Kathleen, restores furniture for upscale boutiques. Daniel is away at college on a prestigious music scholarship, and twelve-year-old Olivia is a happy-go-lucky kid whose biggest concern is passing her next math test. And then comes the middle-of-the-night phone call that changes everything. Daniel has been killed in what the police are calling a "freak" road accident, and the remaining Kaufmans are left to flounder in their grief. The anguish of Daniel's death is isolating, and it's not long before this once-perfect family finds itself falling apart. As time passes and the wound refuses to heal, Curtis becomes obsessed with the idea of revenge, a growing mania that leads him to pack up his life and his anxious teenage daughter and set out on a collision course to right a wrong. An emotionally charged novel, "The Fragile World" is a journey through America's heartland and a family's brightest and darkest moments, exploring the devastating pain of losing a child and the beauty of finding healing in unexpected ways."A heart-stopping series of events drives "The Fragile World."... The result is a gripping read, but one that delivers, by the book's end, a beautiful reminder of the resilience of love." Karen Brown, author of "The Longings of Wayward Girls"" Review Citations: Romantic Times 11/01/2014 pg. 38 (EAN 9780778316763, Paperback) Publishers Weekly 09/29/2014 (EAN 9780778316763, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014 (EAN 9780778316763, Paperback) BookPage 11/01/2014 (EAN 9780778316763, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  DeBoard, Paula Treick Paula Treick DeBoard lives with her husband Will and their four-legged brood in Modesto, CA. She received a BA in English from Dordt College, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine and a practical education from countless students in her English classes over the years. The Mourning Hours is her first novel. Contributor Bio:  Damron, Will Will Damron is an Audie Award-nominated narrator who has recorded books in every genre, from science fiction and fantasy to romance, YA, and nonfiction. Raised in rural southern Virginia, he has appeared Off-Broadway and on stage and screen throughout the country. He lives in Los Angeles, California.