The Book of Why
A Novel
by Nicholas Montemarano
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Pub Date Jan 08 2013 | Archive Date Oct 07 2013
Description
The power to solve your problems is within you-with the right sense of belief, the mind's ability to create success, happiness, and health is limitless.
At least that's the philosophy of self-help author Eric Newborn, whose books and lectures have spawned a legion of devoted followers who swear that his ideas have pulled their lives from the brink. But after the traumatic loss of his wife, Eric is left to face the darker side of his own teachings, living as a recluse in the home they shared on Martha's Vineyard, struggling to reconcile his worldview with the pain he has suffered. It's a fundamental question that haunts him: why?
When a fan with questions forces Eric to face the world once again, he's put on a path that might lead him towards the closure he seeks, but in astounding ways he could never begin to dream.
At once a stirring portrait of a soul laid bare by grief and a celebration of coincidence and the magic of real connection, The Book of Why explores the deep powers of the heart and mind to shape the world around us, blurring the lines between loss and love, fate and free will, and despair and joy.
Advance Praise
“Montemarano’s tale of love, grief, and promise is filled with emotion. By turns dark and hopeful, it is a beautiful journey of self-discovery that will inspire readers to question the accepted confines of the world, and leave them pondering the powers of belief.” –Booklist
"Eric's poignant loss reminds us all of the fragility of relationships and of the hard truths we find difficult to face." – Kirkus Reviews
“The Book of Why presents a compulsively readable mystery; it is impossible to resist how persuasively Montemarano plays with the metaphysics of love and desire.” - Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia
“Montemarano is a brilliant illuminator of the outer reaches of hope, a writer unafraid to ask the hardest questions: Is there meaning behind human suffering? Are we responsible, somehow, for the tragedies that befall us? Do we have the power to change our lives? And if not, what’s left for us? You’ll read this stunning novel compulsively, at first in search of answers, then from a deep and painful affection for the human beings you’ll meet in these pages. This is a haunting and extraordinary book.” - Julie Orringer, author of How to Breathe Underwater and The Invisible Bridge
“I love Nicholas Montemarano’s writing. He turns the lights up so bright on the beauty of daily life that the dark places he goes leave you gasping. The Book of Why is a breath-taking show of love and hope, of disappearing acts, of restorative reappearances. It is, in a word, magic.” - Rachel DeWoskin, author of Big Girl Small
“Nicholas Montemarano is a brilliant storyteller with a poet’s heart—and The Book of Why is an intricately constructed narrative, part riveting, part reverie, entirely beautiful. I wanted this novel to last forever, and still I could not bear to put it down—kind of like life itself.” - Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Late Wife
“Love and death: our two greatest mysteries. Not many writers have the guts or the skill to take them on at the same time, but Nicholas Montemarano has both. With The Book of Why, he's managed a seemingly impossible feat—using language to delineate, with great compassion and precision, that which appears ineffable.” - Ron Currie, Jr. author of Everything Matters!
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780316188470 |
| PRICE | $25.99 (USD) |
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