Hooray! You have added the first book to your bookshelf. Check it out now!
[−]
  • Search Digit-count Valid ISBN Invalid ISBN Valid Barcode Invalid Barcode
Blog this item

Strange but True

By John Searles

(2)

| Hardcover | 9780688175719

Like Strange but True?
Join aNobii to see if your friends read it, and discover similar books!

Sign up for free

Book Description

After a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back home with his mother, Charlene, a bitter woman who has never fully accepted the death of her younger son, Ronnie, five years earlier. Numb from watching too much television, rereading a tragic biography, and traContinue

After a mysterious fall from his New York City apartment, Philip Chase has moved back home with his mother, Charlene, a bitter woman who has never fully accepted the death of her younger son, Ronnie, five years earlier. Numb from watching too much television, rereading a tragic biography, and trading snipes with his mother, Philip is in stasis.

But everything changes late one windy February night when Ronnie's high school girlfriend shows up on their doorstep. A sad young woman who still bears the scars of the accident that took Ronnie's life on the night of their prom, Melissa has unexpectedly found hope. She is nine months pregnant. And the father, she claims, is Ronnie.

So begins this startling tale, which moves from one breathless surprise to another as Philip and his mother confront not only Melissa's past but their own. Their desperate search for answers takes them on a poignant and emotional journey, ultimately placing them in the path of murder and revenge.

At once a moving story of redemption and a heart-stopping work of suspense, Strange but True confirms John Searles's place among the most gifted voices of his generation. Beautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.

Critics

  • The Best Reviews: John Searles, Strange but True

    "Unusual but enthralling psychological suspense" While Phillip Chase recuperates at his mother's Philadelphia house after falling from the fire escape in his fourth floor New York apartment, Melissa calls because she wants to come over to tell him an ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Strange But True By John Searles

    A family's journeyA family is a fragile entity. Even ones with the strongest of bonds can come unglued when tragedy strikes, as John Searles ably demonstrates in his poignant second novel, Strange But True. It has been five years since 16-year-old Ro ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Sat, 11 Sep 2010

0 Review

Login or Sign Up to write a review
No reviews for this book yet

Book Details

  • Rating:
    (2)
    • 5 stars
    • 4 stars
    • 3 stars
    • 2 stars
    • 1 star
  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0688175716
  • ISBN-13: 9780688175719
  • Publisher: William Morrow
  • Pub date: Aug 01, 2004
  • Also available as: Paperback
Improve data of this book

Prices Change currency & sellers

ISBN Edition List Sale Seller
9780688175719 Hardcover $24.95 -- The Book Depository
Other editions →
Added to Shelf Added to Wish List

Inline Translation Mode

Left click to navigate, right click to translate.

inline translation guide

or close

Inline translation is not ready for this page yet.

Inline translation mode.

Share this page with your friends.

The viewport has not loaded.