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Simon Van Booy
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die finds an unexpected reason to live
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In rural Kentucky, back in 1933, Carol’s daddy lost his 13-year-old daughter in a game of cards. Award-winning author Simon Van
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"Beautiful and enchanting"--Washington Post
Sometimes a second chance comes in the most unexpected way....
Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her…
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On the verge of giving up-anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives-Van Booy’s characters walk the streets of these…
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Impossible to resist. -Ilya Kaminsky
A moving, brilliant book. -Ann Beattie
As a writer lies dying, he has one last story to tell: a tale of faith and devotion, a…
Janet Frame
Janet Frame’s previously unpublished novel draws on her own experiences in Menton, France as a Katherine Mansfield Fellow. It is a wonderful social satire, a send-up of the cult of…
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An exquisite new collection of short stories from award winning author Simon Van Booy, exploring love, loss, human connection, and the chance encounters that shape our lives.
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A beautifully crafted story from the award-winning author of The Illusion of Separateness
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A master storyteller’s vision reawakens us to the human experience in this diverse, haunting, and unexpectedly humorous new collection of short fiction from Simon Van Booy-his first since Love Begins…
The award-winning author tells a harrowing and enchanting story of how one man’s act of mercy during World War II changed the lives of a group of strangers, and how…
Offers a collection of stories that are set in New York City, Wales, Cornwall, Paris, Rome and Greece. This title explores love’s labour and love’s loss.
A beautiful love story among the ruins of Athens.
Contains excerpts and passages from philosophical, biblical, and literary sources on the subject of the question Why We Need Love? With an introduction and interstitial commentary by the author, this…
Contains excerpts and passages from philosophical, biblical, and literary sources on the subject of the question Why Our Decisions Don’t Matter? With an introduction and interstitial commentary by the author…
Contains excerpts and passages from philosophical, biblical, and literary sources on the subject of the question Why We Fight? With an introduction and interstitial commentary by the author, this title…
"The uncanny beauty of Van Booy's prose, and his ability to knife straight to the depths of a character's heart, fill a reader with wonder." -- San Francisco Chronicle
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From award-wining photographer Michael Brennan comes a book highlighting his extensive archive of powerful and sometimes very moving images from the world of boxing.
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik,Simon Van Booy
Tells the story of an orphan boy whose first words in the story are Sir, I want work; may I earn a penny? By hard work, diligent study and an…
