Thanks to Claire Leaden of St. Martin’s Press, I am giving away one print copy of Weight Of Him by Ethel Rohan.
Description of Weight Of Him by Ethel Rohan
At four hundred pounds, Billy Brennan can always count on food. From his earliest memories, he has loved food’s colors, textures and tastes. The way flavors go off in his mouth. How food keeps his mind still and his bad feelings quiet. Food has always made everything better, until the day Billy’s beloved son Michael takes his own life.
Billy determines to make a difference in Michael’s memory and undertakes a public weight-loss campaign, to raise money for suicide prevention—his first step in an ambitious plan to save himself, and to save others. However, Billy’s dramatic crusade appalls his family, who want to simply try to go on.
Despite his crushing detractors, Billy gains welcome allies: his community-at-large; a co-worker who lost his father to suicide; a filmmaker with his own dubious agenda; and a secret, miniature kingdom that Billy populates with the sub-quality dolls and soldiers he rescues from disposal at the local toy factory where he works. But it is only if Billy can confront the truth of his pain, suffering, and the brokenness around him, that he and others will be able to realize the full rescue and change they need.
Set in rural, contemporary Ireland, The Weight of Him is an unforgettable, big-hearted novel about loss and reliance that moves from tragedy to recrimination to what can be achieved when we take the stand of our lives.
Praise for Weight Of Him by Ethel Rohan
“Rohan [is] one of those rare, courageous writers who dare to take on the ‘ordinary’ and show just how extraordinary it really is.”—John Banville, Man Booker prize winning author of The Sea
“Poignant and inspiring…When you’re finished, you’ll want to go for a long, grateful walk.”—Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child
“Involving, terrifying and ultimately quite beautiful.”—Tom Barbash, author of Stay Up With Me
About Ethel Rohan
(C) Justin Yee
Ethel Rohan is the author of two story collections, Goodnight Nobody and Cut Through the Bone, the former longlisted for The Edge Hill Prize and the latter longlisted for The Story Prize. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, World Literature Today, GUERNICA Magazine, Tin House Online,The Rumpus, and many more. Born and raised in Ireland, she lives in San Francisco.
Giveaway of Weight Of Him by Ethel Rohan
This giveaway is open to the U.S. only and ends on March 3, 2017 midnight pacific time. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
