Only Child - Rhiannon Navin

Only Child

By Rhiannon Navin

  • Release Date: 2018-02-06
  • Genre: Family Fiction & Literature
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 81 Ratings

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Only Child triumphs. Zach, at only 6 years old, understands more about the human heart than the broken adults around him. His hope and optimism as he sets out to execute his plan will have every reader cheering him on, and believing in happy endings even in the face of such tragedy. . . . Navin manages to make Zach’s voice heartbreakingly believable.”—Ann Hood, The Washington Post

“Perfect for fans of Room… a heartbreaking but important novel.” —Real Simple 

 
Readers of Jodi Picoult and Liane Moriarty will also like this tenderhearted debut about healing and family, narrated by an unforgettable six-year-old boy who reminds us that sometimes the littlest bodies hold the biggest hearts and the quietest voices speak the loudest.
 
Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and irrevocably changing the very fabric of this close-knit community. While Zach's mother pursues a quest for justice against the shooter's parents, holding them responsible for their son's actions, Zach retreats into his super-secret hideout and loses himself in a world of books and art. Armed with his newfound understanding, and with the optimism and stubbornness only a child could have, Zach sets out on a captivating journey towards healing and forgiveness, determined to help the adults in his life rediscover the universal truths of love and compassion needed to pull them through their darkest hours.

Reviews

  • Only child

    5
    By ahodges1
    This is a wonderful book. I have read it three times now cover to cover, and every time i can’t seem to put it down. As a mother myself, I can imagine the pain and grief Melissa was facing. I also absolutely love that the narrator is a small child, it really set this book above all others.
  • Fabulous

    5
    By Ronniecc
    This wonderful novel came out at the worst possible time, right around the shooting in Florida. But it’s more about family dynamics than anything else. A story of hope told by a six year old, was one of my favorite novels in the last few years.
  • Only Child

    5
    By Mama's in heaven
    Too bad this absolutely wonderful novel had to come out right at the time of another heartbreaking school shooting 😢 Because it seems you pulled it from the February lineup of novels where it belongs-I get that however this little Zach gets grief -this is a helpful helpful book -This author handles the mess after a horrific loss in a loving way because she uses a little child and his concrete ,orderly way of seeing things-even at their and his worst to give the spiritual meaning back to life and dear and a sense of rightness and hope for some good to be in our lives after the death of someone we loved

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