A "funny and devastating" ( Boston Globe ) story about family, friendship, grief, acceptance & Richard Gere from a New York Times –bestselling author."Funny, touching, wise, and ultimately life-affirming." —Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain"Quirky, feel-good fiction. . . . A whimsical, clever narrative...

A New York Times bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook was adapted into the Oscar-winning movie starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells the riotous and poignant story of how one man regains his memory and comes to terms with the magnitude of his wife's betrayal.During the years he spends in a neural health facility, Pat Peoples formulates a theory about silver linings: he believes his life is a movie produced by God, his mission ...

**The New York Times Bestseller, The Silver Linings Playbook has been adapted into an Academy Award-winning film starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.A heartbreaking but surprisingly funny novel by Matthew Quick.**Pat Peoples knows that life doesn't always go according to plan, but he's determined to get his back on track. After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, Pat is staying with his parents and trying to live according to his n...

★ "Brilliant.... The masterful writing takes readers inside Leonard's tormented mind, enabling a compassionate response to him and to others dealing with trauma." —School Library Journal, starred reviewFrom New York Times bestselling author Matthew Quick comes an intensely compassionate and important book about a boy who brings a gun to school, and the people and experiences that force him to look beyond his pain....

From the New York Times –bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a heartfelt novel about a rebellious teen on a journey of self-discovery.Nanette O'Hare is an unassuming teen who has played the role of dutiful daughter, hardworking student, and star athlete for as long as she can remember. But when a beloved teacher gives her his worn copy of The Bubblegum ...

A neglected housewife searches for decency, goodness, and her high school English teacher in this offbeat novel from a New York Times– bestselling author."Inspiring. . . . Matthew Quick has a way with wounded characters." — Boston GlobePortia Kane is having a meltdown. After escaping her ritzy Florida life and her cheating pornographer husband, she finds herself back in S...

A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher.How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last?Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye.Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his f...

From Matthew Quick, the bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook.'Original, compelling, uplifiting' Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project.Bartholomew Neil is thirty-nine and lost.After the death of his beloved mum he has no idea how to be on his own, and he knows it's about time he found his flock.But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded learn how to fly?And what can Richard Gere, a beautifu...

You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works nights, and Finley is left to take care of his disabled grandfather alone. He's always dreamed of getting out someday, but until he can, putting on that number 21 jersey makes e...

This novel from the New York Times –bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook follows a Vietnam vet pursuing his nemesis from the war.After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier whom he...

** NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING AULI'I CRAVALHO AND CAROL BURNETT **Amber Appleton has a lot to be thankful for.ORAmber Appleton has never had it easy.Both are true. On the one hand, she's got the best friends a seventeen year old could ask for and a loyal dog, Bobby Big Boy. On the other, her mum frequently has too much to drink, Amber's never quite sure where her next meal will come from and ever since her mum's latest boyfriend kicked them...

When sixty-eight-year-old Vietnam War veteran David Granger wakes up from emergency surgery, he finds himself repeating a name: Clayton Fire Bear, a soldier from whom he stole something long ago. And now, David knows he must make amends. It might be the only way to find happiness in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect, and it might also help him recover from the loss of the wife he grieves for every day.Motivated by his adoring young granddaughter, Ella, ...