Operation Wandering Soul

This novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Bewilderment examines life in a hospital children's ward, innocence, and the power of storytelling.

In the pediatric ward of a public hospital in the heart of Los Angeles, a group of sick children is gathering. Surrogate parents to this band of stray kids, resident Richard Kraft and therapist Linda Espera are charged with keeping the group alive on make-believe alone. Determined to give hope where there is none, the adults spin a despe...