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The seventeen second miracle / Jason F. Wright.
Seventeen seconds can change a life forever. This is what Rex Connor learned on a gorgeous summer afternoon in 1970 when, as a lifeguard, he diverted his gaze for seventeen seconds and tragedy occurred. Forty years later the waves of that day still ripple through the lives of countless people, including his son, Cole.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780425237946 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781616649241
- Physical Description: x, 291 p ; 19 cm.
- Edition: Berkley trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Oct 10 |
| Target Audience Note: | All Ages. |
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| Subject: | Fathers and sons > Fiction. Teachers > Fiction. High school students > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. Miracles > Fiction. Charlottesville (Va.) > Fiction. Virginia > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Vanderhoof Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Vanderhoof Public Library | AF WRI (Text) | 35193000232142 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Cole Connor has become a patient teacher, and now he has invited three struggling teenagers to visit him on his front porch to learn about Rex Connor--and the Seventeen Second Miracle. Together they will learn how Rex Connor could have allowed seventeen seconds to destroy him, but instead he chose to live every day believing the smallest of acts could change the world for good. - Baker & Taylor
High school teacher Cole Conner tells three of his students the story of his father, Rex, whose lapse in lifeguard duties as a teen resulted in tragedy, but the event did not stop him from continuing to work for the greater good. - Baker & Taylor
High school teacher Cole Conner tells three of his students, each struggling with his or her own private pains, the story of his father, Rex, who for 17 seconds on a balmy 1970 summer day, turned his head away from his life-guarding duties, an act that resulted in tragedy, but also a miracle, in that Rex did not let the event stop him from continuing to work for the greater good. Original. 200,000 first printing. - Penguin Putnam
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wednesday Letters and The Cross Gardener, a story of small kindnesses-and life-changing miracles.
Seventeen seconds can change a life forever. This is what Rex Connor learned on a gorgeous summer afternoon in 1970 when, as a lifeguard, he diverted his gaze for seventeen seconds and tragedy occurred. Forty years later the waves of that day still ripple through the lives of countless people, including his son, Cole.
Cole Connor has become a patient teacher, and now he has invited three struggling teenagers to visit him on his front porch to learn about Rex Connorâand the Seventeen Second Miracle. Together they will learn how Rex Connor could have allowed seventeen seconds to destroy him, but instead he chose to live every day believing the smallest of acts could change the world for good. And the students, each with their own secrets and private pains, will begin to understand that even tragedy brings lessons. Even pain brings comfort. Even death brings miracles. A seventeen second miracle can change a lifeâif you let it. - Random House, Inc.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wednesday Letters and The Cross Gardener, a story of small kindnesses-and life-changing miracles.
Seventeen seconds can change a life forever. This is what Rex Connor learned on a gorgeous summer afternoon in 1970 when, as a lifeguard, he diverted his gaze for seventeen seconds and tragedy occurred. Forty years later the waves of that day still ripple through the lives of countless people, including his son, Cole.
Cole Connor has become a patient teacher, and now he has invited three struggling teenagers to visit him on his front porch to learn about Rex Connor—and the Seventeen Second Miracle. Together they will learn how Rex Connor could have allowed seventeen seconds to destroy him, but instead he chose to live every day believing the smallest of acts could change the world for good. And the students, each with their own secrets and private pains, will begin to understand that even tragedy brings lessons. Even pain brings comfort. Even death brings miracles. A seventeen second miracle can change a life—if you let it.
