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Five Tuesdays in Winter

By Lily King
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Five Tuesdays in Winter is a stunning short story collection from bestselling author Lily King. It follows a reclusive bookseller rediscovering love, a grieving widow taking a holiday with her daughter, a neglected teenager finding care from unexpected college students, a proud man at his granddaughter's hospital bedside, and a writer confronting those who attempted to silence her. These romantic yet brutally raw stories explore desire, heartache, cruelty, and the relentless pull towards love, showcasing King's profound tenderness and deep understanding of the human heart.
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Ideal for readers of literary and contemporary fiction who appreciate deeply emotional, character-driven stories. Fans of authors like Ann Patchett, Madeline Miller, and Marian Keyes will find this collection compelling and insightful. Those seeking elegant short stories exploring love, loss, and personal transformation will enjoy Five Tuesdays in Winter.

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By the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Writers & Lovers, Lily King’s first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short stories.

By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers, Lily King's first-ever collection of exceptional and innovative short stories.

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'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

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Five Tuesdays in Winter has been widely praised for its emotional depth and masterful storytelling. Ann Patchett describes it as a book that "moved me, inspired me, thrilled me" and "filled up every chamber of my heart." Madeline Miller calls it "masterful, surprising, and satisfying." Critics highlight King's ability to illuminate the human heart with honesty, intimacy, and exquisite attention to detail (Esquire, Observer, Vogue). Marian Keyes describes the collection as "vivid, moving, immersive," and the stories perfectly capture intense, defining life moments without sentimentality (Red Magazine).

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529086492

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 January 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 174g

Pages: 240

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Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Lily King Literary Fiction Romance

About the Author

Lily King is the author of The Pleasing Hour, The English Teacher, Father of the Rain, Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, which was a New York Times bestseller. Euphoria won the Kirkus Prize and the New England Book Award for Fiction, and was also a New York Times bestseller. It was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. King is also the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and has twice won both the Maine Fiction Award and the New England Book Award. Five Tuesdays in Winter is her first short story collection. She lives with her husband and children in Maine, USA.

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