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A powerful\, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition\, survival\ , and our responsibility toward one another.
\nDixon was once an Oly mpic-level runner. But he missed the team by two-tenths of a second\, and ever since that pain decades ago\, he hasn't allowed a goal to consume him . But when his charming older brother suggests that they attempt to be the first Black American men to summit Mount Everest\, Dixon can't refuse. Th e brothers are determined to prove something - to themselves and to each o ther. \;
\nDixon interrupts his orderly life as a school psychol ogist\, leaving behind disapproving friends\, family\, and one particularl y fragile student\, Marcus. Once on the mountain\, they are met with extre me weather conditions\, oxygen deprivation\, and precarious terrain. But a s much as they've prepared for this\, Mt. Everest is always fickle. And in one devastating moment\, Dixon's world is upended. \;
\nDixon r eturns home and attempts to resume his job\, but things have shifted - for him and for the students he left behind when he chose Mt. Everest. Ultima tely\, Dixon must confront the truth of what happened on the mountain and come to terms with who can and cannot be saved. "Dixon\, Descending" offer s us a captivating\, shattering portrait of the ways we're reshaped by our decisions - and what it takes to angle ourselves\, once again\, toward ho pe.
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