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"One warm West Texas November night, a shy boy named Oliver Loving joins his classmates at Bliss Township School's annual dance, hoping for a glimpse of the object of his unrequited affections, an enigmatic junior named Rebekkah Sterling. But as the music plays, a troubled young man sneaks in through the school's back door. The dire choices this man makes that evening -- and the unspoken story he carries -- will tear the town of Bliss, Texas, apart. Nearly ten years later, Oliver Loving still lies wordless and paralyzed at Crockett State Assisted Care Facility, the fate of his mind unclear.…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 2019Flatiron Books · 400 pages · 9781250122872
- Audiobook · English · 2018Macmillan Audio · 9781427294449
- Other · English · 2018Atlantic Books, Limited · 9781786492081
- Other · English · 2018Atlantic Books, Limited · 9781786492098
- Other · English · 2018Flatiron Books · 9781250122865
- Other · English · 2018395 pages · 9781250169730
Life change eventsFamiliesCity and town lifeParalyticsFictionFiction, family lifeFICTION / Family Life / GeneralFICTION / Small Town & Rural







