https://ssfarchive.org/files/original/2a47339fa507efeeedba4037582c2403.jpg 1777a553ef2e3842e5100deb9ab9a6b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource School Shooting Fiction Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oliver Loving Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Oliver Loving Subject The topic of the resource Book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Block Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-16 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available FlatIron Books, a Macmillan imprint Description An account of the resource "A family in crisis, a town torn apart, and the boy who holds the secret has been cocooned in a coma for ten years. One warm, West Texas November night, a shy boy named Oliver Loving joins his classmates at Bliss County Day School’s annual dance, hoping for a glimpse of the object of his unrequited affections, an enigmatic Junior named Rebekkah Sterling. But as the music plays, a troubled young man sneaks in through the school’s back door. The dire choices this man makes that evening —and the unspoken story he carries— will tear the town of Bliss, Texas apart. Nearly ten years later, Oliver Loving still lies wordless and paralyzed at Crockett State Assisted Care Facility, the fate of his mind unclear. Orbiting the stillpoint of Oliver’s hospital bed is a family transformed: Oliver’s mother, Eve, who keeps desperate vigil; Oliver’s brother, Charlie, who has fled for New York City only to discover he cannot escape the gravity of his shattered family; Oliver’s father, Jed, who tries to erase his memories with bourbon. And then there is Rebekkah Sterling, Oliver’s teenage love, who left Texas long ago and still refuses to speak about her own part in that tragic night. When a new medical test promises a key to unlock Oliver’s trapped mind, the town’s unanswered questions resurface with new urgency, as Oliver’s doctors and his family fight for a way for Oliver to finally communicate— and so also to tell the truth of what really happened that fateful night. A moving meditation on the transformative power of grief and love, a slyly affectionate look at the idiosyncrasies of family, and an emotionally-charged page-turner, Stefan Merill Block's Oliver Loving is an extraordinarily original novel that ventures into the unknowable and returns with the most fundamental truths." Summary of Oliver Loving from publisher Macmillan: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250169730">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250169730</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Domestic fiction Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Reader reviews of Oliver Loving on Goodreads: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35343339-oliver-loving?from_search=true&qid=zPgd85Ly5Y&rank=1">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35343339-oliver-loving?from_search=true&qid=zPgd85Ly5Y&rank=1</a>