The Sweet Relief of Missing Children

by Sarah Braunstein

Book Overview

In New York City, a girl called Lenora vanishes without a trace. Years earlier and miles upstate, Goldie, a wild, negligent mother, searches for a man to help raise her precocious son, Paul, who later discovers that the only way to save his soul is to run away. The Sweet Relief of Missing Children is a suspenseful novel about the power of running and the desire for reinvention. It explores the terror and transcendence of our most central experiences:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393340759
• ISBN13: 9780393340754
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"