Colum McCann
This story is a roller coaster ride of emotions. A beautiful entanglement of stories that speak to the human nature about pain and love, faith and forgiveness. One morning in 1974 New York City is abuzz with the rumor that a man is walking a tightrope between the World Trade Centers. Frantic excitement lures people to the scene and causes gossip all over Manhattan. In the Bronx, an Irish monk, Corrigan lives purely and amongst prostitutes in hopes of curing the evil he believes is inside him. He spends his time helping at the old folks home and lending his bathroom to the prostitutes - living simply for others. In upper Manhattan, Claire, looks forward to entertaining the other mother's in her support group as she tries to find a way to cope with the affects of Vietnam. And in upstate New York, Lara, a young artist, struggles to learn how to fix the mistakes she has made in life. Love has gone wrong, drugs have ruined her morals, and a life-shattering accident has flipped her world into perspective. All the while a man is walking, skipping, jumping, cart-wheeling, tumbling across a tightrope between the Twin Towers - not caring is he falls so long as his body is at peace.
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