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A Theory of Relativity

An amazing story of family loss, renewed hope and the power of love to heal.

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  • "An amazing story of family loss, renewed hope and the power of love to heal."@en
  • "Gordon McKenna - at age 24 - thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his only sister Georgia is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents are able to survive their sorrow only by devoting themselves heart and soul to the care of the beloved one-year-old. But the decision of who will raise Keefer, and how, is far from over."
  • "Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel, "The deep end of the ocean", launched the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. Now, with "A theory of relativity", she delivers yet another gripping story steeped in the peril and redemptive powers of family love. Gordon McKenna - at age 24 - thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his only sister Georgia is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents are able to survive their sorrow only by devoting themselves heart and soul to the care of the beloved one-year-old. But the decision of who will raise Keefer, and how, is far from over. Gordon's most basic assumptions about the security and identity of his family will be challenged in ways so provocative that the McKennas will be driven first to disbelief and then to outrage. Their ordeal will test the limits of love within a closely knit family again and again."@en
  • "A young couple killed in a car accident leave behind a baby daughter who becomes the object of a legal tug-of-war between both sets of grandparents."
  • "Gordon McKenna thinks he's heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his only sister Georgia is fatally ill. When Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Gordon finds that the security and identity of his family are at grave risk."
  • "A young man's view of his family and of the world are affected when it comes time to determine who will care for his orphaned niece."@en
  • "Another gripping story , steeped in the peril and redemptive powers of family love, from the author of The Deep End of the Ocean."
  • "A car accident leaves a young child orphaned, and starts a custody battle that tears her family apart."@en
  • "When Gordon and his parents lose his sister to a car accident, they decide to raise her beloved baby devotedly, until their assumptions about their family identity are so shattered that love may not heal the wounds."@en
  • "When his beloved sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident, Gordon McKenna assumes he will help raise their orphaned baby daughter, until the child's paternal grandparents launch a scandalous custody battle."@en
  • "When his beloved sister and brother-in-law are killed in a car accident, Gordon McKenna assumes he will help raise their orphaned baby daughter, until the child's paternal grandparents launch a scandalous custody battle."
  • "Gordon McKenna- at age 24- thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his only sister Georgia is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents are able to survive their sorrow only by devoting themselves heart and soul to the care of the beloved one-year-old. But the decision to of who will raise Keefer, and how, is far from over. Gordon's most basic assumptions about the security and identity of his family will be challenged in ways so provocative that the McKennas will be driven first to disbelief and then to outrage. Their ordeal will test the limits of love within a closely knit family again and again, challenging even love's ultimate capacity to heal."@en
  • "Gordon McKenna is just out of college when his beloved sister and her husband are killed in a car accident, leaving behind a baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents, having helped raise Keefer nearly every day of her life, assume that they will now bring up Keefer as their own. But they are shocked when the paternal grandparents launch a campaign to gain custody of the young girl, raising issues so provocative that they drive the McKennas to despair and then outrage. The legal tug-of-war ultimately becomes a crucible in which the capacity and limitations of family love are repeatedly tested and the frontiers of the human heart pushed to unimagined limits."@en
  • "Keefer Nye, only a year old when her parents die in a car crash near Madison, Wis., is the focal point of a bitter, protracted and precedent-setting custody battle. Keefer's bachelor uncle, 24-year-old science teacher Gordon McKenna, seems the most appropriate custodian for his tiny niece, since he helped his elderly parents care for Keefer while his sister (Keefer's mother, Georgia) battled cancer. Challenging his claim, the affluent Nye grandparents, country-club Floridians, believe that their niece and her husband, born-again Christians, should get custody."
  • "Gordon McKenna is just out of college when his beloved sister and her husband are killed in a car accident, leaving behind a baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents, having helped raise Keefer nearly every day of her life, assume that they will now bring up Keefer as their own. But they are shocked when the paternal grandparents launch a campaign to gain custody of the young girl. The legal tug-of-war ultimately becomes a crucible in which the capacity and limitations of family love are repeatedly tested and the frontiers of the human heart pushed to unimagined limits."@en
  • "Jacquelyn Mitchard's first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean , launched the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. Now, with A Theory of Relativity , she delivers yet another gripping story steeped in the peril and redemptive powers of family love. Gordon McKenna - at age 24 - thinks he's already heard the worst news of his life when he learns that his only sister Georgia is fatally ill. Then Georgia and her husband die in a car accident, leaving behind their baby daughter, Keefer. Gordon and his parents are able to survive their sorrow only by devoting themselves heart and soul to the care of the beloved one-year-old. But the decision of who will raise Keefer, and how, is far from over. Gordon's most basic assumptions about the security and identity of his family will be challenged in ways so provocative that the McKennas will be driven first to disbelief and then to outrage. Their ordeal will test the limits of love within a closely knit family again and again, challenging even love's ultimate capacity to heal."@en
  • "The one-year-old orphan of accident victims becomes the focus of a conflict between her uncle and her grandparents who differ on who will raise the little girl, and how."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Talking books"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Allegories"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en

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  • "A Theory of Relativity"@en
  • "A theory of relativity"@en
  • "A theory of relativity"
  • "A theory of relativity [9 tapes]"
  • "A theory of relativity (abridged)"@en
  • "A theory of relativity written and read by Jacquelyn Mitchard"@en

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