Writing the next bunch of reviews from the beach so they'll be short and sweet. This one broke my heart from start to finish. It takes place in some sort of post-apocolyptic America where gray ash is every where, the sun never really comes out and most of the population has been brutally exterminated. A man and his young son are traveling to the coast in near winter. They have no idea what will await them there and all of the food and shelter they have is carried on their backs.
The father has a gun with one bullet left and he has promised his son that they will die together. He will not leave him alone. What they see is so terrible and horrifying that death is preferable to being caught or captured.
Their travels are long and cold and food is scarce. When the father becomes injured and lays dying he makes a choice which left me in tears and heartbroken. A highly recommended book.
(anyone know how to post pictures from Amazon on a Mac?)
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