PRAISE FOR SIPSWORTH "Simon Van Booy has performed another small literary miracle.trenchant and beautiful.countless passages beguile and move us." -- Washington Post "In its quiet, loving way, Sipsworth feels as rare and special as a friend." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "A memorable story about serendipity--and what can happen when we keep our hearts open to surprise." -- Christian Science Monitor "Enchanting . fresh and often funny, thanks to the author's artful prose." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "Charming .
generous . vibrant . reveal[s] something profound about the human need for connection." -- Foreword Reviews (starred review) "Hypnotic prose . a surprising and heartwarming tale about loss and love . an extraordinary work of fiction based in everyday humanity." -- Joan Baum, Baum on Books , WSHU Public Radio " Sipsworth is a love story about a woman and a mouse. Reason suggests that such a relationship couldn't possibly work, and yet I found myself pulling for this unlikely duo on every page.
Simon Van Booy's characters are loaded with charm, resilience, and the deep desire for connection that all mammals share. I loved it." -- Ann Patchett "Through tears, laughter, joy, and pain, I just couldn't stop reading this novel about friendship and second chances. Sipsworth is a marvel--storytelling at its absolute finest." -- Marc Levy "Whimsical, beautifully detailed, and filled with heart, Sipsworth is a slim, sparkling jewel of a novel." -- Christina Baker Kline ALSO BY SIMON VAN BOOY The Presence of Absence "Flows with depth and power.From its outset, The Presence of Absence runs blood-rich with declarations that make you inhale sharply.wide-open wonder.
" -- Washington Post "Rich in setting and emotion. As ever with Van Booy, the reader is in good hands." -- Publishers Weekly "Simon Van Booy electrifyingly combines story with parable. The Presence of Absence boggles and reverberates: wise, witty and always breathtakingly beautiful." -- San Francisco Chronicle, Best Fiction of the Year "With its elegant passages on love and the fallibility of memory . this indelible portrait of transience, sorrow and hope will move readers." -- Shelf Awareness Night Came with Many Stars "It is a heartbreaking book, a gorgeous book.In Night Came with Many Stars , Van Booy finds the weakness, grace and beauty of common lives fully lived.
" -- NPR, "Books We Love" "Not to miss!" -- USA Today "Kindness and raw luck undergird Night Came with Many Stars --echoing the trials and windfalls of Oliver Twist or David Copperfield. And like Dickens's young heroes, Van Booy's determined souls act with their whole hearts--as does this brave, fierce novel--to earn what good may come." -- Boston Globe "Van Booy is a beautiful storyteller, and his latest offering is no exception." -- New York Post, "Best new books".