About the Book: Five Tuesdays in Winter
"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
granddaughters hospital bedside. A writer receives a visit from all of the men
who have tried to suppress her voice.
These romantic but brutally raw stories explore desire, heartache, moments of
shocking cruelty and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. This
profoundly tender collection confirms