Close your eyes, hold hands : a novel / Chris Bohjalian.
Living in an igloo of ice and trash bags half a year after a cataclysmic nuclear disaster, Emily, convinced that she will be hated as the daughter of the drunken father who caused the meltdown, assumes a fictional identity while protecting a homeless boy.
Six months ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Her father was in charge of the plant-- was he drunk when it happened? Instead of following the rest of the refugees after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself. When Emily befriends Cameron, a homeless boy, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But can she outrun her past, or escape her grief?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385534833
- ISBN: 0385534833
- Physical Description: 271 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2014]
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- 52 of 57 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Boh (Text) | 30308101062678 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Bohjalian (Text) | 31010000477853 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F BOHJALIAN (Text) | 39493107594162 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC BOH (Text) | 31111002801684 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Belhaven Public Library | MCN FIC (Text) | 38344400151930 | Mcnaughton Fiction | Available | - |
| Bryan Memorial Library | F Boh (Text) | 810191001338380 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F Bohjalian (Text) | 33115007447037 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F BOHJALIAN (Text) | 22281500121201 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F BOH (Text) | 31250200041283 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/18/2026 |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F BOHJALIAN (Text) | 31781062497795 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
Living in an igloo of ice and trash bags half a year after a cataclysmic nuclear disaster, Emily, convinced that she will be hated as the daughter of the drunken father who caused the meltdown, assumes a fictional identity while protecting a homeless boy.
Six months ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Her father was in charge of the plant-- was he drunk when it happened? Instead of following the rest of the refugees after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself. When Emily befriends Cameron, a homeless boy, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But can she outrun her past, or escape her grief?
Six months ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily's parents were killed. Her father was in charge of the plant-- was he drunk when it happened? Instead of following the rest of the refugees after the meltdown, Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer's apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself. When Emily befriends Cameron, a homeless boy, she protects him with a ferocity she didn't know she had. But can she outrun her past, or escape her grief?
