Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands is the first book I have read by Chris Bohjalian. It was not what I expected at all. This is a dark story with some pretty intense themes, but written very well. I really enjoyed the world building and the Emily Dickinson poetry that was painted into the writing. It has b...
Emily Shepard is a troubled young girl who is forced to face enormous, catastrophic changes in her life. She lives in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. She is a bright teenager in her junior year at a good private school. She does not perform to her potential although she is quite capable; she is no...
I don't know why I began my story with the igloo. The igloo was really the beginning of the end-or, maybe, the end of the beginning. I am used to reading, and really enjoying, historical fiction from Chris Bohjalian. This book is vastly different from what I've read from him but it was just as enjo...
3.5 Stars, rounded to 3A resident of the Northwest Kingdom located in Vermont, Emily Shepherd, like everyone else there is forced to flee when a nuclear reactor melts down. The only difference is that her father is the one believed to be at fault, possibly drunk, and he and Emily's mother who also w...
Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian is the dark and sad story of Emily Shepard, a teenager, running from the disaster at a nuclear power plant. Emily's character is flawed and her decisions not always likable. The story told through her voice comes through as lost and sad as she ...
This was my first Chris Bohjalian book and I don't know why I waited so long to pick one up! The writing in this story was raw, real, and graceful. Told in first person narrative, it really made you feel connected to the main character. I stayed up far past my bedtime many nights in a row because I ...
Title: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Author: Chris Bohjalian Genre: Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publication Date: July 8, 2014 Format: egalley via Edelweiss Synopsis My rating: 3 of 5 stars My review (published at Read, Run, Ramble): Thank you Knopf Doubleday via Edelweis...
Read from June 30 to July 05, 2014 I cannot imagine what I might do if I were in the dire circumstances of Emily Shepard. It's too horrible to imagine butChris Bohjalian does an outstanding job of defining the horror of being the sole surviving family member, the only living child of two "only-chi...
4.5 starsEmily Shepard didn't have a perfect family life. Her parents drank too much, especially her father. They fought, usually about the drinking. But they provided Emily with everything a girl could ask for: a great education, travel, a wonderful home, and love (in between the drinking and fight...
I cannot imagine what I might do if I were in the dire circumstances of Emily Shepard. It's too horrible to imagine but [a:Chris Bohjalian|3509|Chris Bohjalian|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1285931590p2/3509.jpg] does an outstanding job of defining the horror of being the sole surviving family mem...
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