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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Van Booy, Simon, author.     Subjects     Grief -- Fiction.     Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Kindness -- Fiction.     Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.     Short stories, English.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Van Booy, Simon, author.       by title:      The sadness of beaut...         MARC Display

The sadness of beautiful things : stories / Simon Van Booy. by Van Booy, Simon, author. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2018] Subjects Grief -- Fiction.   Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction.   Kindness -- Fiction.   Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.   Short stories, English. ISBN:  9780143133049 (paperback) : 0143133047 (paperback) : Description:  192 pages ; 20 cm Contents:  A sacrifice -- The green blanket -- Playing with dolls -- The pigeon -- The hitchhiker -- Not dying -- The saddest case of true love -- The doorman. Requests:  0 Summary:  "For 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 benefactor, to a downtrodden boxer who shows unexpected kindness to a mugger, these masterfully written tales reveal not only the precarious balance maintained between grief and happiness in our lives, but also how the echoes of personal tragedy can shape us for the better"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Adult Fiction Van Booy Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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