Five 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 House Lily King is one of my long-time literary heroes . . . masterful, surprising, and satisfying -- Madeline Miller, author of Circe Each 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, Rachel Five Tuesdays In Winter perfectly captures those intense, defining moments in peoples 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 babysitters loss of innocence to a nonagenarian at his granddaughters 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 *
