PRAISE FOR SIPSWORTH
AARP: Our Favorite Novels Featuring Fantastic Older Characters
American Library Association Notable Book: Best Fiction
“Helen Cartwright, an octogenarian who has lost her husband and son, returns to the small English village of her youth after spending decades living abroad. Mired in grief, she just wants to be left alone until she dies. But one day, she inadvertently welcomes an unexpected houseguest: a small, gray mouse. Little by little, this woman who had long abandoned any interest in humanity finds it restored by her animal companion, whose indelible escapades shape this slim, heartfelt novel.”
—New York Times, “These Cozy Fall Books Feel Like a Hug”
“Simon Van Booy has performed another small literary miracle....Beautiful and enchanting.....countless passages beguile and move us.”
—Washington Post
“A gorgeously odd tale about finding yourself again, unexpectedly. If you want a little piece of joy in your reading life, buy it.”
—Jojo Moyes
“In its quiet, loving way, Sipsworth feels as rare and special as a friend.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Sipsworth is a love story about a woman and a mouse. Reason suggests that such a relationship couldn’t possibly work, and yet I found myself pulling for this unlikely duo on every page. Simon Van Booy’s characters are loaded with charm, resilience, and the deep desire for connection that all mammals share. I loved it.”
—Ann Patchett
“A memorable story about serendipity—and what can happen when we keep our hearts open to surprise.”
—Christian Science Monitor
“Whimsical, beautifully detailed, and filled with heart, Sipsworth is a slim, sparkling jewel of a novel.”
—Christina Baker Kline
“Enchanting . . . fresh and often funny, thanks to the author’s artful prose.”
—Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
“Charming . . . generous . . . vibrant . . . reveal[s] something profound about the human need for connection.”
—Foreword Reviews (starred review)
“Hypnotic prose . . . a surprising and heartwarming tale about loss and love . . . an extraordinary work of fiction based in everyday humanity.”
—Joan Baum, Baum on Books, WSHU Public Radio
“Through tears, laughter, joy, and pain, I just couldn’t stop reading this novel about friendship and second chances. Sipsworth is a marvel—storytelling at its absolute finest.”
—Marc Levy
ALSO BY SIMON VAN BOOY
The Presence of Absence
“Flows with depth and power....From its outset, The Presence of Absence runs blood-rich with declarations that make you inhale sharply....wide-open wonder.”
—Washington Post
“Rich in setting and emotion. As ever with Van Booy, the reader is in good hands.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Simon Van Booy electrifyingly combines story with parable. The Presence of Absence boggles and reverberates: wise, witty and always breathtakingly beautiful.”
—San Francisco Chronicle, Best Fiction of the Year
“With its elegant passages on love and the fallibility of memory . . . this indelible portrait of transience, sorrow and hope will move readers.”
—Shelf Awareness
Night Came with Many Stars
“It is a heartbreaking book, a gorgeous book...In Night Came with Many Stars, Van Booy finds the weakness, grace and beauty of common lives fully lived.”
—NPR, “Books We Love”
“Not to miss!”
—USA Today
“Kindness and raw luck undergird Night Came with Many Stars—echoing the trials and windfalls of Oliver Twist or David Copperfield. And like Dickens’s young heroes, Van Booy’s determined souls act with their whole hearts—as does this brave, fierce novel—to earn what good may come.”
—Boston Globe
“Van Booy is a beautiful storyteller, and his latest offering is no exception.”
—New York Post, “Best new books”
