'Moved me,inspired me,thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart'- Ann Patchett'Masterful,surprising,and satisfying'- Madeline MillerThe stunning short story collection from the bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and EuphoriaA reclusive bookseller begins to feel the discomfort of love again. A widow whisks her daughter away for a holiday she can barely afford,desperate to help the two of them grieve. A neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students. A proud man rages helplessly at his granddaughter's hospital bedside. A writer receives a visit from all of the men who have tried to suppress her voice.The romantic but brutally raw stories in Five Tuesdays in Winter explore desire,heartache,moments of shocking cruelty and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. This profoundly tender collection confirms Lily King as one of our most beloved chroniclers of the human heart.'Vivid,moving,immersive'- Marian Keyes'Intimate and revealing,unflinchingly honest and insightful'- The Observer'Exquisite'- Financial Times
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529086492Number of pages: 240Weight: 174 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 16 mm
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Five Tuesdays in Winter moved me,inspired me,thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this bookLily King is one of my long-time literary heroes...masterful,surprising,and satisfyingEach masterful story reminds us that King is one of our finest cartographers of the human heartThese are stories of outsiders finding their people,of new perspectives,and they place King...as one of our great short-story writersIntimate and revealing,this is an honest and insightful collectionVivid! Moving! Immersive!Five Tuesdays In Winter perfectly captures those intense,defining moments in people's lives without ever veering into melodrama or mawkishness.King dives into the emotional worlds of her characters whole-hog,her wry humour ensuring that tenderness never veers into sentimentality...it is the exquisite attention with which King articulates all that roils inside us that secures her place in the contemporary canonSuperb...Ten raw and insightful stories of the heart from the acclaimed novelist,from a babysitter's loss of innocence to a nonagenarian at his granddaughter's hospital bedsideEndearing,vulnerable characters...clever,charming short storiesLove in all its forms is placed under the microscope in this typically forensic collection of short stories from the fabulously sharp,uncompromising American novelist Lily King
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