The Train of Small Mercies

Unabridged, 3 hours Read by TBD In haunting and crystalline prose, The Train of Small Mercies follows six characters' intrepid search for hope among the debris of an American tragedy.

David Rowell is an editor at the Washington Post Magazine. He has taught literary journalism in the MFA department at American University. An alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and their two sons. This is his first novel.