The Weight of All Things - by Sandra Benitez (Paperback)

About the Book

Benitez received international acclaim for her first two novels: "A Place Where the Sea Remembers" ("A quietly stunning work that leaves soft tracks in the heart"--"Washington Post Book World") and "Bitter Grounds" ("The kind of book that fills your dreams for weeks"--Isabel Allende). Now she returns with an unforgettable tale of a boy's life in war-torn El Salvador.

Book Synopsis

An unforgettable tale of life in war-torn El Salvador, from the author of Bitter Grounds.

★ "Seamlessly blends fact with imagination, evoking the trauma of war more vividly than any newspaper account ... beautifully illuminating." --Kirkus Reviews

The last time Nicols saw his mother, she was mortally wounded by gunfire that erupted in a crowded plaza. Watching while her body is dragged away with other victims, Nicols believes that his mother is still alive and vows to find her again.

Thus begins the young boys harrowing journey through his war-ravaged country.

About the Author

Sandra Benítez is the author of A Place Where the Sea Remembers, which won the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award. She is also the author of Bitter Grounds, which won the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award, and The Weight of All Things, which was a Book Sense 76 selection. Benítez is a past Keller-Edelstein Distinguished Writer in Residence at the University of Minnesota, and recently won a Bush Foundation Fellowship in Fiction. She lives in Minnesota.