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Learn moreJohn Egan is a misfit, a twelve-year-old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant. He has been able to detect lies for as long as he can remember and diligently keeps track of them, large and small, in a log of lies. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of World Records, a keenly inquisitive mind, and a kind of faith, John is like a tuning fork, sensitive to the vibrations within himself and his family's shifting dynamics.
From his changing voice, body, and psyche to his parents' disheartening marital difficulties, this is a trying year in a fragile young boy's life, and when his sanity reaches near collapse, a frightening family catastrophe threatens to ruin what little they have.
Carry Me Down is a restrained, emotionally taut, and sometimes outrageously funny portrait whose drama drives toward, but narrowly averts, an unthinkable disaster.
M. J. Hyland was born in London in 1968 to Irish parents and spent her early childhood in Dublin. She is the author of How the Light Gets In.
Gerard Doyle, a seasoned audio narrator, he has been awarded dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008, and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He was born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London’s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. He has taught drama at Ross School for the several years.
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“Carry Me Down is a heart-rending domestic full of compassion for the most ordinary of our human frailties.”
“A fast-paced psychological drama...Hyland’s novel is a fresh yet troubling reminder of the pain of lost innocence and the price of pursuing the truth.”
“In taut, simple prose, Hyland meticulously captures the specific pains of growing up poor and lonely in Ireland.”
“A spare, piercing testimony to the bewilderment and resiliency of youth…[John is] among the year’s memorable characters.”
“The child’s naive first-person, present-tense narrative brings achingly close his helplessness in a powerful adult world. He may be a giant, but he has no control...Focused on small things, the quiet plain scenes of daily life lead to the surprising and unforgettable climax.”
“Hyland demonstrates a mature sense of characterization and suspense in a thoroughly engaging narrative.”
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