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The weight of heaven

When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise--and peril--when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man's attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right--a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions. Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control. In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves.

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  • "After losing their only child, a new job in Girbaug, India, holds promise of the opportunity for Frank and Ellie Benton to start again. Frank meets a young boy and becomes consumed with making his family right--a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions."
  • "When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise--and peril--when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man's attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right--a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions. Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control. In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves."@en
  • "Après la mort soudaine de leur fils unique, Ellie et Franck Benton décident de partir en Inde pour tenter de faire leur deuil et de renouer leurs liens. A Girbaug, un village près de Bombay, le couple rencontre Ramesh, le jeune fils de leurs domestiques. L'enfant leur redonne goût à la vie, devenant un fils de substitution et bientôt une obsession..."
  • "Having lost their beloved only child to a sudden illness, Frank and Ellie Benton hope to rebuild their lives by accepting a job offer in India but find their new home compromised by Frank's efforts to heal his grief through a friendship with a young boy."@en
  • "Having lost their beloved only child to a sudden illness, Frank and Ellie Benton hope to rebuild their lives by accepting a job offer in India but find their new home compromised by Frank's efforts to heal his grief through a friendship with a young boy."
  • "When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise'and peril'when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man's attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right'a quest that will lead him down an ever-darkening path with stark repercussions. Filled with satisfyingly real characters and glowing with local color, The Weight of Heaven is a rare glimpse of a family and a country struggling under pressures beyond their control. In a devastating look at cultural clashes and divides, Umrigar illuminates how slowly we recover from unforgettable loss, how easily good intentions can turn evil, and how far a person will go to build a new world for those he loves."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"

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  • "Waṭāt al-samāʻ : riwāyah"
  • "Il prezzo del paradiso"
  • "Le poids du paradis"
  • "Il prezzo del paradiso"@it
  • "The weight of heaven"
  • "The weight of heaven"@en
  • "Weight of heaven"
  • "The weight of heaven : a novel"@en
  • "The weight of heaven : a novel"
  • "The weight of heaven a novel"@en

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