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Tiny (Hardcover)
Kim Hooper
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R638
Discovery Miles 6 380
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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"...a delicate, beautiful tale of sadness, recovery, and the role
of hope in human resilience." —Publishers Weekly In this poignant
and uplifting story of hope, redemption and the power of the human
spirit, Tiny follows the harrowing journeys of Nate, Annie, and
Josh—three people unwittingly tied together by fate. Nate and
Annie Forester are faced with every parent’s worst nightmare when
their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, is hit by a car. In the
aftermath of her death, the distance between them grows. Nate just
wants to return to some version of normal, while Annie finds
herself stuck in the quicksand of her grief. Josh – third party
to the nightmare – was behind the wheel on the fateful day Penny
ran into the middle of the street. Unable to stop thinking about
Nate and Annie, Josh has started to stalk them, thinking up ways to
apologize when he witnesses Annie leave with her suitcase in tow.
Nate is trying to stay strong, but is slowly losing his mind as he
faces the suspicions of Annie’s family and the police in the wake
of Annie’s disappearance. Annie has run away in an attempt to
start a secret new life in a 100-square-foot house in the middle of
nowhere. And Josh, who desperately wants forgiveness, feels he is
responsible for reuniting the people whose lives he changed
forever. What unfolds is a beautiful and awe-inspiring tale of
grace, forgiveness, and love.
Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married
at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building
the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her
marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That’s when she fell in
love with someone else. That’s when she got pregnant. Resolved to
tell her husband of the affair and to leave him for the father of
her child, Emily’s plans are thwarted when the world is suddenly
split open on 9/11. It’s amid terrible tragedy that she finds her
freedom, as she leaves New York City to start a new life. It’s
not easy, but Emily—now Connie Prynne―forges a new
happily-ever-after in California. But when a life-threatening
diagnosis upends her life, she is forced to rethink her life for
the good of her thirteen-year-old daughter. A riveting debut in
which a woman must confront her own past in order to secure the
future of her daughter, Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me asks:
“What would you do?”
Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married
at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building
the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her
marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That’s when she fell in
love with someone else. That’s when she got pregnant. Resolved to
tell her husband of the affair and to leave him for the father of
her child, Emily’s plans are thwarted when the world is suddenly
split open on 9/11. It’s amid terrible tragedy that she finds her
freedom, as she leaves New York City to start a new life. It’s
not easy, but Emily---now Connie Prynne―forges a new
happily-ever-after in California. But when a life-threatening
diagnosis upends her life, she is forced to rethink her life for
the good of her thirteen-year-old daughter. A riveting debut in
which a woman must confront her own past in order to secure the
future of her daughter, Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me asks:
“What would you do?”
From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut People Who Knew
Me comes the story of one man’s determination to abandon his will
to live. Jonathan Krause is a man with a plan. He is going to quit
his advertising job and, when his money runs out, he is going to
die. He just has one final mission: A trip to Japan. It’s a trip
he was supposed to take with his girlfriend, Sara. It’s a trip
inspired by his regrets. And it’s a trip to pay homage to the
Japanese, the inventors of his chosen suicide technique. In
preparation for his final voyage, Jonathan enrolls in a Japanese
language class where he meets Riko, who has her own plans to visit
her homeland, for very different reasons. Their unexpected and
unusual friendship takes them to Japan together, where they each
struggle to make peace with their past and accept that happiness,
loneliness, and grief come and go—just like the cherry blossoms.
Haunted by lost love, Jonathan must decide if he can embrace the
transient nature of life, or if he must choose the certainty of
death.
From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut People Who Knew
Me comes the story of one man’s determination to abandon his will
to live. Jonathan Krause is a man with a plan. He is going to quit
his advertising job and, when his money runs out, he is going to
die. He just has one final mission: A trip to Japan. It’s a trip
he was supposed to take with his girlfriend, Sara. It’s a trip
inspired by his regrets. And it’s a trip to pay homage to the
Japanese, the inventors of his chosen suicide technique. In
preparation for his final voyage, Jonathan enrolls in a Japanese
language class where he meets Riko, who has her own plans to visit
her homeland, for very different reasons. Their unexpected and
unusual friendship takes them to Japan together, where they each
struggle to make peace with their past and accept that happiness,
loneliness, and grief come and go—just like the cherry blossoms.
Haunted by lost love, Jonathan must decide if he can embrace the
transient nature of life, or if he must choose the certainty of
death.
A couple brimming with the hope of a new pregnancy. A woman coming
to terms with the truth behind her adoption. A husband trying to
save his marriage from the despair of infertility. These are just a
few of the stories in All the Acorns on the Forest Floor, a book
about the lengths we go to for the love of our children, our
spouses, our mothers, our daughters. All the Acorns on the Forest
Floor is a book of connections between people, connections lost and
found, across time and space. There are stories of women who never
became mothers (by choice or by fate), women who became mothers in
unexpected or nontraditional ways, and women who gave up or lost
babies. There are emotional aftershocks with each character’s
personal earthquake, aftershocks that shake their lives and force
them to consider who they are, what they want, and how they love.
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Tiny (Paperback)
Kim Hooper
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R570
R488
Discovery Miles 4 880
Save R82 (14%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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"...a delicate, beautiful tale of sadness, recovery, and the role
of hope in human resilience." —Publishers Weekly With her raw
insights, sharp dialogue and quick-witted gallows humor, Kim Hooper
has quickly become one of my must-read authors." ―Colleen Oakley,
author of Before I Go and Close Enough to Touch In this poignant
and uplifting story of hope, redemption and the power of the human
spirit, Tiny follows the harrowing journeys of Nate, Annie, and
Josh—three people unwittingly tied together by fate. Nate and
Annie Forester are faced with every parent’s worst nightmare when
their three-year-old daughter, Penelope, is hit by a car. In the
aftermath of her death, the distance between them grows. Nate just
wants to return to some version of normal, while Annie finds
herself stuck in the quicksand of her grief. Josh – third party
to the nightmare – was behind the wheel on the fateful day Penny
ran into the middle of the street. Unable to stop thinking about
Nate and Annie, Josh has started to stalk them, thinking up ways to
apologize when he witnesses Annie leave with her suitcase in tow.
Nate is trying to stay strong, but is slowly losing his mind as he
faces the suspicions of Annie’s family and the police in the wake
of Annie’s disappearance. Annie has run away in an attempt to
start a secret new life in a 100-square-foot house in the middle of
nowhere. And Josh, who desperately wants forgiveness, feels he is
responsible for reuniting the people whose lives he changed
forever. What unfolds is a beautiful and awe-inspiring tale of
grace, forgiveness, and love.
Everything was fine fourteen years after she left New York.
Until suddenly, one day, it wasn’t.
Emily Morris got her happily-ever-after earlier than most. Married at a young age to a man she loved passionately, she was building the life she always wanted. But when enormous stress threatened her marriage, Emily made some rash decisions. That’s when she fell in love with someone else. That’s when she got pregnant.
Resolved to tell her husband of the affair and to leave him for the father of her child, Emily’s plans are thwarted when the world is suddenly split open on 9/11. It’s amid terrible tragedy that she finds her freedom, as she leaves New York City to start a new life. It’s not easy, but Emily---now Connie Prynne―forges a new happily-ever-after in California. But when a life-threatening diagnosis upends her life, she is forced to rethink her life for the good of her thirteen-year-old daughter.
A riveting debut in which a woman must confront her own past in order to secure the future of her daughter, Kim Hooper's People Who Knew Me asks: “What would you do?”
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