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Book Synopsis‘Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart’ – Ann Patchett
‘Masterful, surprising, and satisfying’ – Madeline Miller
The stunning short story collection from the bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria
A 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
Trade ReviewFive Tuesdays in Winter moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It
filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this book -- Ann Patchett, author of
The Dutch HouseLily King is one of my long-time literary heroes . . .
masterful, surprising, and satisfying -- Madeline Miller, author of
CirceEach
masterful story reminds us that King is one of
our finest cartographers of the human heart * Esquire *
These are stories of outsiders finding their people, of new perspectives, and they place King . . . as
one of our great short-story writers * Vogue *
Intimate and revealing, this is an
honest and insightful collection * Observer *
Vivid! Moving! Immersive! -- Marian Keyes, author of
Again, RachelFive Tuesdays In Winter perfectly captures those intense, defining moments in people’s lives without ever veering into melodrama or mawkishness. * Red Magazine *
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 canon * Financial Times *
Superb . . . 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 bedside * i *
Endearing, vulnerable characters . . .
clever, charming short stories * Daily Mail *
Love 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 * Metro *
