Heart the Lover

A$33 · Offered by Harry Hartog Rare Books

'You knew I'd write a book about you someday' Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth. Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today. 'Fantastic' -Ann Patchett, award-winning author of Bel Canto 'A deeply affecting story of romantic entanglement' -Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites 'Heart the Lover is a punch to the soul. I haven't read something that moving in a very long time. I needed a book like that.' -Clare Stephens, author of The Worst Thing I've Ever Done "Lily King has written another masterpiece. This book overflows with her brilliance and her heart. We are so lucky."-Emma Str

• Binding: Hardcover

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