Stowaways by André Aciman

Stowaways by André AcimanThis contemporary twist on Brief Encounter is a tender meditation on what might have been. 'Maybe we love people because they won't let us know them.' A summer's evening in Manhattan. Nothing not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all night drugstore can undo the heat's hold on the city. Julian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. That's when it arrives. An email with the subject

consolation

On the journey we take with Scrooge we encounter a rich array of Dickensian characters including the poor Cratchit family with the ailing Tiny Tim and the generous and jolly Fezziwig

in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death

until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: 'Oh my god

Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1943

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