The world has broken Jason Driscoll' s heart. His abusive father. The daughter he lost to cancer. Buried beneath medical bills, he becomes entangled in a scheme that drags him to new depths. Violence. Infidelity. Murder. Having lost all he' s ever held dear, Jason stands alone at the edge of the world, and it' s here he meets an odd, lonely child. A boy he saves from a riptide, and who, in return, saves Jason from his past.Rendered in terse yet lyrical prose, Deaf Heaven is a story of loss and redemption and the truth that salvation sometimes waits in the unlikeliest of places.
"Deaf Heaven, by Curtis Smith, is a deeply tragic story of the ways grief sends us on harrowing journeys that, at once, disconnect and tether, upend and buoy. Smith, in his spare prose, his beautiful depictions of the natural world and human nature, offers the reader a whirlwind trip with Jason, as he's both haunted by the loving memory of his teenage daughter, Sophie, and navigating the powerful weather of guilt, responsibility, religion, and the work of money. In this story of the ache and desperation of parental love, the complicated boundaries of spousal love, and the always surprising and life-affirming love of unexpected friendships, we're reminded that each new day carries with it the possibilities of hope and connection if we remain open to seeing the best in ourselves and each other."
