Book

The Secret Lives of People in Love

Name: The Secret Lives of People in Love
ISBN: 0061766127

: Stories

“Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy’s stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking.” -Los Angeles Times In his critically-acclaimed debut collection of short s

(2 total)

Characters

Simon Van Booy (2)

“He thinks I suffer from depression. But I’m just quiet. Solitude and depression are like swimming and drowning. In school many years ago, I learned that flowers sometimes unfold inside themselves.”

— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com

Tagged: Silence, Introvert, Inner Growth

“I wonder if things can happen too early or too late or if everything happens at exactly the right time. If so, how sad and beautiful.”

— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com

Tagged: Circumstances, Timing, coincidence