Dial Press

9781984854803

STARRED REVIEW

Dear Edward

It’s hard for a novel to capture a reader’s attention while simultaneously meditating on profoundly complex issues. Napolitano manages to achieve this.

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Review of ‘Dear Edward’

In Dear Edward, author Ann Napolitano deftly navigates the psychological and physical trauma of 12-year-old Edward Adler in the aftermath of a plane crash, of which he is the only survivor. He grapples with the loss of his family, his near-celebritylike status and the adjustment to living with his aunt and uncle in New Jersey.…

Interview with Ann Napolitano

Ann Napolitano discusses her tenderhearted novel about a boy who’s the only survivor of a devastating plane crash.

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