Tales of Accidental Genius (17 page)

F
ICTION

The Secret Lives of People in Love

Love Begins in Winter

Everything Beautiful Began After

The Illusion of Separateness

Father's Day
(forthcoming)

N
ONFICTION

Why We Fight

Why Our Decisions Don't Matter

Why We Need Love

P
LAYS

Hindsight

Apples

As Much Below as Up Above

The City of Windy Trees

The Coming and Going of Strangers

Conception

Distant Ships

Everyday Things

Everything is a Beautiful Trick

French Artist Killed in Sunday's Earthquake

Little Birds

Love Begins in Winter and Other Stories

The Missing Statues

The Mute Ventriloquist

No Greater Gift

Not the Same Shoes

The Reappearance of Strawberries

Save as Many as You Ruin

The Shepherd on the Rock

Snow Falls and Then Disappears

Some Bloom in Darkness

The Still but Falling World

Tiger, Tiger

Where They Hide Is a Mystery

The World Laughs in Flowers

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COVER PHOTOGRAPH: YAO HUI

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Rolls-Royce illustrated by Michael Gellatly.

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FIRST EDITION

ISBN 978-0-06-240897-6 (pbk.)

EPub Edition November 2015 ISBN 9780062408983

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Thank you for keeping me company on those long nights.

I want you to have this sewing kit.

By now you will know its power.