ONE OF THE MOST LOVED NOVELS OF THE DECADE

A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.

New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
Winner of the Borders Original Voices Award
Finalist for the Orange Prize
#1 Booksense Pick
Winner of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award
Winner of France's Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger Award

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/17/2005
ISBN: 9780393060348
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.02d
Award: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction - Nominee
Award: Saroyan Writing Prize - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/2005 pg. 1265
Ingram Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 36
Library Journal 04/15/2005 pg. 74
Entertainment Weekly 04/29/2005 pg. 152
Vanity Fair 05/01/2005 pg. 94
New York Times 05/01/2005 pg. 19
People Weekly 05/16/2005 pg. 59
Booksense '76 May 2005 05/01/2005 pg. 1
Romantic Times 05/01/2005 pg. 95 - Excellent
New York Review of Books 06/23/2005 pg. 49
Library Journal Prepub Alert 01/15/2005 pg. 74
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2005 pg. 191
Library Journal 01/01/2005
Publishers Weekly 02/21/2005 pg. 154