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This book follows the stories of a number of characters who happen to be on a trip to Amsterdam. I was drawn to the book because of its setting, and was pleasantly surprised that it was written by a Northern Irish author I'd never read before.

I'm an American of Dutch extraction living in Northern Ireland, so those were some fun coincidences!

Give David Park a try. His writing is so beautiful and heartfelt.
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He had come too late to realize that they [children] wanted cornerstones wedged tight no matter how much they might revel against the foundations which you sought to offer their life or the boundaries you tried to give them.

My local indie had to move earlier this year - moved for a few months to a temp location - and reopened in the permanent location today. I want to buy all the books!

He didn't even know why he was crying. He hadn't cried since childhood-not even the night Susan told him she was leaving him-so it was a strange & unsettling sensation.