Perfect

Pub Date: 2014-03-27 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Random House Publishing Group A spellbinding novel that will resonate with readers of Mark Haddon. Louise Erdrich. and John Irving. Perfect tells the story of a young boy who is thrown into the murky. difficult realities of the adult world with far-reaching consequences.Byron Hemmings wakes to a morning that looks like any other: his school uniform draped over his wooden desk chair. his sister arguing over the breakfast cereal. the click of his mother & rsquo;.. s heels as she crosses the kitchen But when the three of them leave home. driving into a dense summer fog. the morning takes an unmistakable turn In one terrible moment. something happens. something completely unexpected and at odds with life as . Byron understands it While his mother seems not to have noticed. eleven-year-old Byron understands that from no...