?Rene Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of
confronting our darkest human impulses and sometimes overcoming them.??Washington Post From
the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted a compelling and poignant story
of sibling bonds foster children monsters masquerading as caretakers terrifying secrets and
the power of love to right even the most egregious wrongs. Twenty years ago a nine-year-old
boy was swept away by powerful waves on a remote Oregon beach his body lost to the sea. Only a
stone memorial remains to mark his tragic death. For most of her life Amanda Dufresne had no
idea she had an older brother named Dennis Owens or that he had died. Adopted as a baby she
learned about him while looking into her late birth mother and is curious to know more about
this lost sibling. A solitary young woman Amanda has always felt distanced from the world
around her. Her brain works differently from others leaving her feeling set apart. Her one
true companion is the orphaned polar bear she cares for working at the zoo. By getting to know
her birth family she hopes to understand more about herself. Retired police officer Larry
Palmer is a widower with nothing but time and in need of a purpose. He offers to help Amanda
find answers. The search leads to shocking and heartbreaking discoveries. Dennis Owen had been
a forgotten foster child abandoned to a home for disturbed boys off the coast. As Amanda and
Larry dig deeper into the past the two stumble upon decades of cruelty and hidden
crimes?including a barbaric treatment still used today. Told in Rene Denfeld's inimitable style
Sleeping Giants is an enthralling and heartbreaking novel that burrows deep in the heart and
will leave no reader untouched.
