The Train of Small Mercies

Resumen del libro

On June 8, 1968, as the train carrying Robert F. Kennedy's body travels from New York City to Washington D.C., the nation mourns the loss of a dream. As citizens congregate along the tracks to pay their respects, a New Jersey sixth grader sets out to see his first dead body. A woman sneaks away from her controlling husband, while a young Vietnam vet prepares for a newspaper interview, and another young man reports for his first day of work as a porter aboard that very train. In this stunning debut, David Rowell weaves together these and other stories to capture a historic moment that altered the course of a nation, and touched the life of every American.