內容簡介
【失去一切後，如何讓人生再次轉動？】
一個夏日早晨，Edward與家人還有其他183名乘客搭上飛往洛杉磯的航班。華爾街神童、意外懷孕的年輕女子、自阿富汗返家的退役軍人、商業大亨，這架飛機上的旅客們正書寫著各自的人生故事。然而，飛機在中途失事，唯一倖存的只有Edward。
他的故事受到全國矚目，但失去家人的他也失去了自己的歸屬。隨著年齡漸長，他總覺得有部分的自己仍停留在那架失事的飛機上。某天，他在叔叔的車庫意外發現罹難者家屬寄給他的信。這些信將如何改變對人生充滿困惑的Edward？
故事以兩條敘事線交錯進行，一方面講述機上乘客們的故事與他們人生中的最後一趟旅程；另一方面描寫Edward倖免於難後的創傷以及他如何在成長過程中逐漸找回自己的人生。
What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?
One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.
Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery—one that will lead him to the answers of some of life’s most profound questions: When you’ve lost everything, how do you find the strength to put one foot in front of the other? How do you learn to feel safe again? How do you find meaning in your life?
Dear Edward is at once a transcendent coming-of-age story, a multidimensional portrait of an unforgettable cast of characters, and a breathtaking illustration of all the ways a broken heart learns to love again.
