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Safe Passage Banks Channel Books As the mother of seven boys, Mag has had a life filled with unusual challenges. But the news that one of her sons is missing, believed dead, after the bombing of his Marine barracks overseas is almost more than she can handle. Her husband and her sons all gather around her. As they anxiously await more news they are forced to rediscover the deep reservoir of love they once shared.
Reviews “Vivid and heartwarming. . . . The 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut provides the crisis element in this moving novel about a family waiting to hear if a son and brother has survived the blast . . . Bache's language is fluid and funny, and one comes to care about every one of her characters.” “From page one, this book is tense. . . . Not only does Bache know how to develop a page-turner, she also knows her characters. Like Anne Tyler, Ellyn Bache draws her characters from the inside.” “This warm-hearted novel works on a number of levels—as a suspense tale, as a family drama, even as comedy—but its truest achievement is its recognition of the complexities of parenting.” “In October 1983, terrorists bombed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut. Debut novelist Bache has used this event as a backdrop and the fictional Singer family as a vehicle in this work, distinguished by a fine sense of irony and comic detail. Starting with each person's own history with Percival, the family member stationed in Beirut at the time of the bombing, Bache unfolds, then layers these perspectives, creating a complete picture of the Singers and their inter relationships. Individuals are demystified and the family organism revealed in richly entertaining, yet poignant and believable episodes. The conclusion brings the reader to an understanding the family has just begun to share. A wonderful character study likely to appeal to adults and young adults.”
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