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An intimate family portrait.The New York TimesEddie Joyces terrific first novel is so American that the story might as well have taken place at the base of the Statue of Liberty.Richard RussoAn inside look at one Staten Island familys struggle with grief . . . [A] poignant, deeply affecting tale.Martha Stewart Living, a Book Club selection[A] terrific debut novel. . . . Joyce layers . . . different characters perspectives nimbly and skillfully, infusing his portrait of a messy, complicated, loving family with heartfelt emotion.Sara Vilkomerson, Entertainment Weekly, AA startling and tender portrait of one familys struggle to make peace with their sons deathAn ingeniously layered narrative, told over the course of one week, Eddie Joyces debut novel masterfully depicts an ItalianIrish American family on Staten Island and their complicated emotional history. Ten years after the loss of Bobbythe Amendola familys youngest soneveryone is still struggling to recover from the firefighters unexpected death. Bobbys mother, Gail; his widow, Tina; his older brothers Peter, the corporate lawyer, and Franky, the misfit; and his father, Michael, have all dealt with their grief in different ways. But as the family gathers together for Bobby Jr.s birthday party, they must each find a way to accept a new man in Tinas life while reconciling their feelings for their lost loved one.In unflinching but lyrical prose, Joyce shows us one mothers struggle to keep her family together and preserve the memory of her son. Following Gail as she moves from the corner offices of whiteshoe Manhattan law firms to the bluecollar gin mills of the outer boroughs, Small Mercies reveals a different New York, one that exists in the hearts and minds of its inhabitants.Presented through multiple points of view, Small Mercies explores the conflicts and deep attachments that exist within families. Heartwrenching and profoundly relatable, Joyces debut is a love letter to Staten Island and a deeply affecting portrait of an American family.
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