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Author:

Van Booy, Simon, author.

Title:

Night came with many stars : a novel / Simon Van Booy.

Publisher:

Godine,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

259 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Families--Fiction.
Life change events--Fiction.
Country life--Fiction.
Kentucky--Fiction.

Summary:

"In rural Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol's daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van Booy's spellbinding novel spans decades as he tells the story of Carol and the people in her life. Incidents intersect and lives unexpectedly change course in this masterfully interwoven story of chance and choice that leads home again to a night blessed with light. "What you give in this world," an old man tells his grandson, "will be given back to you." Those words illuminate the actions within this unforgettable novel and its connected characters. A young man survives two nearly fatal accidents. A Black family saves an orphaned white boy. A pregnant teenager is rescued by the side of the road. An autistic teenager is given his first job. Each incident grows in meaning and power over many decades as we see connections sometimes felt but not always apparent to the people themselves. "Everything was moving," observes Samuel (Carol's grandson) in the Kentucky woods. "An invisible force that was everywhere, and made everything touch." Told by a master storyteller, Night Came with Many Stars is a rare novel that reveals how wondrous, mysterious, and magically connected life can be-the light Van Booy creates in this novel illuminates our own lives."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1567927033
9781567927030

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1178637122

LCCN:

2020050053

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

OEPC877 -- Bedford Public Library (Bedford) — F Van

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)

EHPA605 -- Little Rock Public Library (Little Rock)

SZPC124 -- Kothe Memorial Library (Parkersburg)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

KLPC566 -- West Point Public Library (West Point)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)