The illumination

What if our pain was the most beautiful thing about us? From best-selling and award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier: a new novel of stunning artistry and imagination about the wounds we bear and the light that radiates from us all. At 8:17 on a Friday night, the Illumination commences. Every wound b...

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Main Author: Brockmeier, Kevin
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language:English
Published: 2011.
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