02824cam a2200313 4500 567901988 TxAuBib 20220701120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062798008 0062798006 3f452446-d76f-4ece-8272-73580c425ca1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3318332 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ball, Jesse, 1978- Census [Libby Audiobook]. HarperAudio, 2018. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 134MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 134MB. HTML:<p><strong>A powerful and moving new novel from an award-winning, acclaimed author: in the wake of a devastating revelation, a father and son journey north across a tapestry of towns.</strong></p> <p>When a widower receives notice from a doctor that he doesn't have long left to live, he is struck by the question of who will care for his adult son—a son whom he fiercely loves, a boy with Down syndrome. With no recourse in mind, and with a desire to see the country on one last trip, the man signs up as a census taker for a mysterious governmental bureau and leaves town with his son.</p> <p>Traveling into the country, through towns named only by ascending letters of the alphabet, the man and his son encounter a wide range of human experience. While some townspeople welcome them into their homes, others who bear the physical brand of past censuses on their ribs are wary of their presence. When they press toward the edges of civilization, the landscape grows wilder, and the towns grow farther apart and more blighted by industrial decay. As they approach "Z," the man must confront a series of questions: What is the purpose of the census? Is he complicit in its mission? And just how will he learn to say good-bye to his son?</p> <p>Mysterious and evocative, Census is a novel about free will, grief, the power of memory, and the ferocity of parental love, from one of our most captivating young writers.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-01 20:00:02. Ciulla, Chris Andrew, 1975- https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/3318332-Census.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3f452446-d76f-4ece-8272-73580c425ca1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0293-1/3318332-Census.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3f452446-d76f-4ece-8272-73580c425ca1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)