Full name: We Are Called to Rise: A Novel

Author: Laura McBride Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Contemporary Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781476738963 9781476738970 1476738963 1476738971

An immigrant boy whose family is struggling to assimilate. A middle-aged housewife coping with an imploding marriage and a troubled son. A social worker at home in the darker corners of Las Vegas. A wounded soldier recovering from an injury he can't remember getting. By the time we realize how these voices will connect, the impossible and perhaps the unbearable has already happened. We Are Called to Rise is a boomtown tale, in which the lives of people from different backgrounds and experiences collide in a stunning coincidence. When presented the opportunity to sink into despair, these characters rise. Through acts of remarkable charity and bravery, they rescue themselves. Emotionally powerful yet tender and intimate, We Are Called to Rise is a novel of redemption and unexpected love. Similar books: I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Saturday by Ian McEwan House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley Amsterdam by Ian McEwan Little Children by Tom Perrotta Digging to America by Anne Tyler A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan One True Thing by Anna Quindlen The Shadow Girl by Misty Mount The Music of Chance by Paul Auster Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler