Sole Survivor: A Novel Chapter Summary & Analysis - Part One, Lost Forever: Chapter One Summary

Part One, Lost Forever: Chapter One Summary

Sole Survivor is the story of how one man comes to terms with the tragic loss of his wife and their two daughters. Joe Carpenter is a man on the edge of life. It has been a year since his beloved family perished in a horrible plane crash in Colorado. A former crime reporter for the Los Angeles Post, Joe has spent the last year simply existing. He has turned his back on friends, family, and his job. Now he seeks just for the release that will allow him to once again be with the family he so painfully misses. Sole Survivor is a look at the roles grief and vengeance play in a person's life.

Waking from a nightmare at two-thirty in the morning, Joe Carpenter reflects on the downward spiral that has been his life since the death of...
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