Trondheim -- Cormac James, Paperback

A son's collapse pulls his two mothers together and apart in a novel that probes the limits of love, hope, and forgiveness

In Norway, thousands of miles from home, a student drops dead on the street. A passerby revives his heart, but he remains in a coma from which he may never wake. His mothers rush across the continent to his bedside where they endure the strain of helpless waiting. As the tense hospital vigil continues day after day and they vacillate between extremes of hope, fear, and psychic pain, their troubled relationship is pushed to the edge.

A profound exploration of a family in crisis, Trondheim portrays the way each woman copes with the looming tragedy and the possibility of healing in the wake of a life-altering emergency.

Author: Cormac James
Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
Published: 02/06/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781954276239

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2023
Foreword 12/27/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2024

About the Author

Cormac James is the author of three novels, including Trondheim and The Surfacing. Born in Cork, Ireland, he lives in Montpellier, France.