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The Day My Mother Left

By: James Prosek
Narrated by: Joel Johnstone
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 When his mother leaves with the father of his worst enemy at school, nine-year-old Jeremy seeks to make sense of her abandonment. He throws himself into recreating the Book of Birds, a collection of drawings that his mother took with her on the day she left. While his father fights his own depression, and his sister distances herself from their lives, Jeremy turns wholeheartedly to nature and finds solace in the quiet comfort of drawing.

In this novel, James Prosek tells Jeremy's story without blame, without self-pity, and without excuses. The Day My Mother Left should be read by anyone who has gone through the pain of losing a parent, and by anyone who wants to meet Jeremy, a boy who can see inside himself the person he wants to become.

©2006 James Prosek (P)2001 Random House Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group Art Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction

Critic Reviews

"One of America's more gifted young writers - and this deeply felt story reaffirms his great promise." (Tom Brokaw)
"The Day My Mother Left is a deeply moving and lucidly expressed short novel by one of our country's most gifted writers. James Prosek teaches me that what does not destroy us strengthens us." (Harold Bloom)
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