In this follow up to his critically acclaimed novel, Sunrise,
Robert Crooke tells the heart-breaking story of a man unmoored by
losses. The Earth and Its Sorrows is a novel about spiritual
reassessment in the wake of tragedy. Two years after the death of
his son, Paul, who was killed in a car accident, Ted Devaney visits
an old Hudson Valley property he plans to sell. Overcome by
memories, especially by a strong sense of Paul s presence, he
defers the sale and decides to stay a few days, confusing and
frightening his wife, Diana, and their daughter, Beth. Days become
weeks, as old friends, neighbors, and estranged family members
slowly gather around him. He meets Elena, his high school
girlfriend, who has made her life in the place he left years
before. His brother, Tom, arrives with bittersweet memories of his
own about their boyhood summers in the valley. Slowly, Ted senses
secrets and doubts plaguing his brother, his old girlfriend all of
the people he meets in the valley, where his forgotten past
lingers. And as he realizes the effect of his life on theirs, and
theirs on his, he understands his fate some questions the mind
answers. Others, only the heart comprehends.
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