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Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people's stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the innermost lives of everyday people. From a family saved from ruin by a mysterious bene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Van Booy, Simon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, [2018]
Subjects:
FICTION > Short Stories (single author)
FICTION > Literary.
FICTION > Historical.
Grief > Fiction.
Loss > Fiction.
Kindness > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Short stories, English.
FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
FICTION / Literary.
FICTION / Historical / General.
Table of Contents:
  • A sacrifice
  • The green blanket
  • Playing with dolls
  • The pigeon
  • The hitchhiker
  • Not dying
  • The saddest case of true love
  • The doorman.