Love Stories

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, sat on a busy street corner with a sky-blue Olivetti typewriter and asked the world a simple, direct question: Can you please tell me a love story? A blind man yearns to see the face of his wife of 30 years. A divorced mother has a secret affair with a travelling priest. A widower miraculously finds a three-minute video recorded by his wife before she died. A lumberjack’s heart falls in a forest. A working mum contemplates taking the photographs of her late husband down from the fridge. A girl writes her last letter to the grandfather she adored, then sets it on fire. A palliative care nurse helps a dying woman converse with the angel at the end of her bed. A renowned 100-year-old scientist ponders the one great earthly puzzle he was never able to solve: What is love? Endless stories. Human stories. Love stories. WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'Told with the utmost care, this is writing at its best. Loved it' 'This is a book that I'll treasure forever, it made me laugh, it made me cry and everything in between. Simply sublime' 'Brilliant, deeply moving, profound and philosophical… My heart feels lighter after reading this book. This is exactly what my soul needed'

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, sat on a busy street corner with a sky-blue Olivetti typewriter and asked the world a simple, direct question: Can you please tell me a love story? A blind man yearns to see the face of his wife of 30 years. A divorced mother has a secret affair with a travelling priest. A widower miraculously finds a three-minute video recorded by his wife before she died. A lumberjack’s heart falls in a forest. A working mum contemplates taking the photographs of her late husband down from the fridge. A girl writes her last letter to the grandfather she adored, then sets it on fire. A palliative care nurse helps a dying woman converse with the angel at the end of her bed. A renowned 100-year-old scientist ponders the one great earthly puzzle he was never able to solve: What is love? Endless stories. Human stories. Love stories. WHAT READERS LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK: 'Told with the utmost care, this is writing at its best. Loved it' 'This is a book that I'll treasure forever, it made me laugh, it made me cry and everything in between. Simply sublime' 'Brilliant, deeply moving, profound and philosophical… My heart feels lighter after reading this book. This is exactly what my soul needed'