Tim Farrington, Author . Harper San Francisco $22.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-251785-2
An independent, "unremarkable" single mother of one and an introverted ex-monk are the unlikely couple sharing the spotlight in this delightful, Anne Tyler-ish third novel from the author of 1998's well-received Blues for Hannah. Rebecca,
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Tim Farrington, Author . Harper San Francisco $24.95 (372p) ISBN 978-0-06-056234-2
Liz and Mike O'Reilly's marriage weathers the Vietnam War in Farrington's fourth novel (after The Monk Downstairs
), a well-crafted but somewhat timeworn story about a military family's stoicism in the field and on the home front....
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Tim Farrington, Author . Harper San Francisco $23.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-081516-5
Gentle humor leavens the weightier themes of trust, religion and second chances in this satisfying sequel to The Monk Downstairs
(2002). Tough-as-nails divorcée Rebecca Martin eases into married life with former monk and tenant Mike...
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Tim Farrington, Author . HarperOne $18.95 (117p) ISBN 978-0-06-082518-8
The size of this little book—an expanded essay—belies its power. Acclaimed novelist Farrington (The Monk Downstairs
) drills deep into his soul to ponder his own lifelong coexistence with depression. It is a meditation: the author lays...
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Tim Farrington, Author Pocket Books $23 (384p) ISBN 978-0-671-51960-5
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City meets the hopes and harsh realities of the 1990s in Farrington's amiable and well-written, if derivative, debut novel. Set in San Francisco, this episodic tale of a loosely connected set of characters centers...
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Tim Farrington, Author Crown Publishers $21 (256p) ISBN 978-0-609-60281-2
Fire imagery flares throughout Farrington's incandescent second novel (after The California Book of the Dead), in which narrator Jeremy Mason, a painter, mulls over the sudden death of his former lover, the blues-singing Hannah of the title, and...
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