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Title: Apology

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jon Pineda

Narrator: Emilio Delgado

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When nine-year-old Tom Serafinos twin sister Teagan suffers a debilitating brain injury, a police investigation implicates his playmate Marios unclean immigrant, transient worker known as Shoe. Innocent of the crime but burdened by his own childhood tragedy, Shoe takes the blame for what is in fact an accident caused by his young nephew, ensuring Marios chance at a future publicly unscarred.

The lines between innocence and guilt, evasions and half-truths, love and duty are blurred. Can a lie born from resignation, fear, and love transform tragedy into hope? And is the life of one man worth the price of that lie?

Told in vivid scenes alive with imagery and with thematic echoes of John Burnham Schwartzs Reservation Road and Northwest Corner, Apology explores how the decisions we make in an instant reverberate in the years to come. Apology further paints a portrait of sacrifice within two immigrant families raising first-generation Americans. It explores the measure of duty we have toward one another, and the extent to which abandoning the wreckage of family and the past often leads to unexpected consequences.

Deeply empathetic and beautifully written, Apology marks the novelistic debut of a critically acclaimed Asian American writer.

Critic Reviews:

"Apology is a perfectly paced, deeply satisfying novel. Jon Pineda renders his characters with a compassion that refuses to lapse into sentimentality. (Ron Rash, New York Times best-selling author of Serena and The Cove)

"A spare and powerful novel about guilt, sacrifice, and the cruel butterfly effect sometimes triggered by our seemingly inconsequential acts. Pineda writes with precision and humanity." (Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here and The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving)

"Jon Pineda has written a novel that is, by any standard, an impressive success. Apology is a page-turner of ideas, and it shows us how our actions spin out in crazy directions, marbles that roll under our lives' furniture and come out in the most surprising times. I loved it." (Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life and Chang and Eng)

Members Reviews:

Thought-Provoking Book

I enjoyed reading this book as it explored how lives can be changed in a single moment. Shoe is an intriguing character. (The reviewer below says that Shoe's lame foot was never explained, but it was - check out around page 146.) His decision to take the blame for an accident caused by his nephew changes the lives of many. Watching these lives develop through the years was emotional and thought-provoking. I did feel that the ending, though, was disappointing. I wanted to learn so much more about the impact of the "apology" on the affected lives.

Excellent Novel

Excellent novel that intriqued me with how it wove the characters and the plot. I highly recommend it for anyone who enjoys a fast paced spellbinding read.

decisions and their consequences

We all make decisions that in an instant change the way we live and the lives of others as well.

A POWERFUL Little Novel That Should Not Be Overlooked

4.5 Star Rating

It's hard to believe that Jon Pineda's novel, APOLOGY, barely hits the 200 page mark. Why? Because as I sat back and went through my notes to prepare this review, I was pretty much stunned at all of the themes and thought provoking, philosophical questions that I had written in the margins, not to mention the span of years that is covered within the story.