Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands - Chris Bohjalian

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

By Chris Bohjalian

  • Release Date: 2014-07-08
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
4
From 158 Ratings

Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A heartbreaking, wildly inventive, and moving novel narrated by a teenage runaway, from the author of The Flight Attendant

Emily Shepard is on the run; the nuclear plant where her father worked has suffered a cataclysmic meltdown, and all fingers point to him. Now, orphaned, homeless, and certain that she’s a pariah, Emily’s taken to hiding out on the frigid streets of Burlington, Vermont, creating a new identity inspired by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson. 

Then she meets Cameron. Nine years old and with a string of foster families behind him, he sparks something in Emily, and she protects him with a fierceness she didn’t know she possessed. But when an emergency threatens the fledgling home she’s created, Emily realizes that she can’t hide forever.

Look for Chris Bohjalian's new novel, The Lioness!

Reviews

  • Great book!

    5
    By tracylynn0715
    I read the ebook from my library, but it is such a good read, that it's worth paying for! I love the author's writing style. There's both humor & sadness & even though the it's told in the voice of a 17-year old, it's a great book for people of all ages! I highly recommend this book, & plan on trying more books by this author!
  • Disappointing

    1
    By Syngflower
    I could find no redeeming value in this book whatsoever. One catastrophe after another and her life became a self-fulfilling prophecy. Not a feel good type of book if that's what you're looking for. Depressing and maudlin.
  • Love it!!

    5
    By Mel almu79
    Awesome is the word that immediately came to mind when I finished Close Your Eyes Hold Hands. Chris Bohjalian's writing as he describes Emily's live after a nuclear reactor meltdown forces her to leave her home is remarkable. He captured her pain,isolation and despair perfectly. Emily is a remarkable character and above all a survivorThis is the 6th of Chris' books I've read and he never disappoints
  • Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands

    1
    By Miakinzee
    Don't buy it! I really wish I hadn't!