Dear Edward - Rambling Readers

paperback, 384 pages

Published Feb. 2, 2021 by Dial Press Trade Paperback.

ISBN:: 978-1-9848-5480-3

(2 reviews)

One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them is a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a septuagenarian business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. And then, halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.

Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place for himself in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a piece of him has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery–one that will lead him to the answers of some of life’s most profound questions: When you’ve lost everything, …

One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them is a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a septuagenarian business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. And then, halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.

Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place for himself in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a piece of him has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery–one that will lead him to the answers of some of life’s most profound questions: When you’ve lost everything, how do you find yourself? How do you discover your purpose? What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?

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crabbygirl reviewed Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

Review of 'Dear Edward' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

when the first chapter opens in an airport lounge and introduces over a dozen characters, you know it's not going to end well. thankfully, the author doesn't keep you hanging too long and the second chapter opens with the wreckage. there's one survivor and we alternate between the hours and minutes before the crash, and the continuation of life for the 12 yo boy that loses his whole family.

it felt a little John-Green-Does-An-Airplane-Crash. the ending was protracted, with too many codas, and ultimately too pie-in-sky for my tastes. as usual, i've forgotten why this novel was on my TBR list; lots of people are swooning over it and it was simply... fine.

GrandmaY

rated it

Aug. 28, 2020