Father’s Day

‘A captivating story about family, belonging and home’.

* New Books *

‘Van Booy charms us with the struggles of this unlikely father-figure’.

* Sunday Herald *

'The novel is almost heartbreaking in its expression of the hunger to love and be loved'

-- Mary Ellen Quinn * Booklist *

‘The moving account of a unique relationship between a parent and child, thrust together under the worst of circumstances. With fine, nuanced prose and much tenderness, Booy guides this unlikely father-daughter pair into a beautiful maturity, showing us with great heart what it really means to be a family’

-- Elizabeth Crane, author of The History of Great Things

 ‘Deftly portrays his characters’ raw emotions’  

* Wall Street Journal *

 ‘Van Booy writes with muted unsentimental elegance about the impulses that bind us together’  

* The Times *

 ‘Tells his stories without affectation, but ever so effectively as a stylist and a devout humanist’ 

* Portland Press Herald *

‘The uncanny beauty of Van Booy's prose, and his ability to knife straight to the depths of a character's heart, fill a reader with wonder’

* San Francisco Chronicle *

 ‘This is a truly special writer who does things with abstract language that are so evocative and original, your breath literally catches in your chest’ 

* Andre Dubus III *

 ‘From minimalistic sentences he wrings out maximum impact, stripping away artifice and elaboration in favor of stark, emotional clarity and honesty’  

* Boston Globe *

 ‘Van Booy writes like Hemingway but with more heart’  

* New Hampshire Public Rad